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| Ingram, Frank | 1 |
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Peer reviewedIngram, Frank – Russian Language Journal, 1984
Reasons that students have trouble developing their reading skills in Russian include: (1) reading comprehension is regarded as unimportant; (2) teachers discourage the surmising of meaning; and, (3) it is difficult to remember Russian words unless their elements (roots, prefixes, and suffixes) are recognized. (SED)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Reading Comprehension, Receptive Language, Russian
Peer reviewedGibson, Margaret I. – Russian Language Journal, 1986
Recommends a method of teaching Russian vocabulary that focuses on new words in context and on their structure: root, prefix, suffix, sound changes, and borrowings. Sources for teachers are given in the bibliography. (LMO)
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Linguistic Borrowing, Morphemes, Morphology (Languages)
