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Acquisition of L[subscript 2] Vocabulary for Effective Reading: Testing Teachers' Classroom Practice
Direct linkLlinares, Genoveva; Leiva, Bertha; Cartaya, Noela; St. Louis, Rubena – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2008
Four practical approaches taken by teachers in their attempts to help students acquire the minimum sight vocabulary necessary for reading English for Science and Technology (EST) texts are described. Over a period of 12 weeks, subjects (native Spanish speakers at university level) were divided into 4 intact groups and worked under different…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Memorization, Hispanic American Students
Peer reviewedSt. Louis, Rubena; Pereira, Silvia – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2003
Discusses an English for science and technology course at Simon Bolivar University in Venezuela in which students were allowed to choose reading activities and alternative forms of assessment were implemented. Results of a questionnaire used to evaluate the course are provided. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, English for Science and Technology, Foreign Countries
