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Peer reviewedMorris, J. D. – English Language Teaching, 1972
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedSeliger, Herbert W. – English Language Teaching, 1972
Descriptors: Diagrams, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedCibrian, Manuel – Hispania, 1973
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Language Instruction, Language Skills, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedBerman, Ruth – TESOL Quarterly, 1975
The technique explained here can increase a foreign student's awareness of English grammatical and rhetorical structures. Structural paraphrase is a syntactic reformulation of difficult phrases with minimal vocabulary changes. The technique is illustrated and suggestions are given for class presentation. (CHK)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedHartmann, R. R. K. – System, 1975
Reading comprehension is an important means of increasing the learners' involvement. Texts should be used as stretches of real language rather than broken down into isolated units. In teaching foreign languages to non-language students, care should be taken in selecting, analyzing and presenting texts. (SC)
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Material Selection
Peer reviewedWipf, Joseph A. – Unterrichtspraxis, 1976
Suggests an approach to teaching reading skills in German or other foreign languages. The student is encouraged to read a passage and attempt to decipher vocabulary for himself and to develop positive reading habits to be used in other reading exercises. (CHK)
Descriptors: German, Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedMetz, Mary S. – Foreign Language Annals, 1973
Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, November 27, 1971, Chicago, Illinois. (DS)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Language Instruction, Language Patterns, Language Skills
Okumura, Kiyohiko – Modern English Journal, 1973
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Paragraph Composition
Lamarre, Paul A. – 1974
In order to learn to read successfully in a foreign language, students must first have well-developed auditory and visual skills. Students can be made to recognize the importance of attention to detail by means of frequent copying exercises. Translation must be avoided if real reading skills are to develop. The teacher should insist that the…
Descriptors: French, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction, Questioning Techniques
Peer reviewedMorris, John – English Language Teaching, 1972
Descriptors: Creative Reading, Critical Reading, Fiction, Language Instruction
Mackay, Ronald – RELC Journal, 1974
This article discusses features of spoken and written language which are seldom systematically taught, and outlines a methodology for the teaching of reading comprehension. (AM)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Content Area Reading, Intellectual Development, Interpretive Reading
Peer reviewedKumar, Sarat – English Language Teaching Journal, 1978
University students in India generally dislike reading English classics, but some students well prepared in advance enjoyed Dickens'"Tale of Two Cities." They first read an illustrated comic book version, then read a dramatized version while listening to a recording, and then read an abridged version before reading the original. (CFM)
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), English (Second Language), English Literature, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBecker, Norbert – Zielsprache Deutsch, 1973
Examples of exercises derived from the text Fachdeutsch fur spanischsprachige Naturwissenschaftler: Mathematiker, Physiker, Chemiker'' (Technical German for Spanish-Speaking Scientists: Mathematicians, Physicists, Chemists) soon to be published by the Max Hueber Verlag, Munich, West Germany. (RS)
Descriptors: Career Development, German, Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Farago, Magda Leonardi – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1979
Discusses a paragraph-centered approach to the teaching of reading in a foreign language. (CFM)
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Language Instruction, Paragraphs, Reading Comprehension
James, Carl – NALLD J, 1970
Descriptors: Electronic Equipment, Language Instruction, Modern Languages, Oral Reading
