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Pfeffer, J. Alan – 1970
As a link between the words in everyday use and the sophisticated language of the arts and sciences, the 1,536 words of the "Mittelstufe" or Level 2 derive in nearly equal proportion from three sources: (1) the spoken or topical language, (2) a collation of all significant word lists compiled prior to February 1965, and (3) a statistical analysis…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, German, German Literature, Language Research
Williams, Ray – 1982
A British publisher conducted a readability study of its English language content area texts being used in foreign countries to determine how the texts could be made more readable. A cloze procedure assessment of a secondary school Hong Kong social studies series indicated that the English texts were too difficult for 91% of the pupils tested.…
Descriptors: Chinese, Cloze Procedure, Content Area Reading, English (Second Language)
