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Hall, Leigh A.; Ortlieb, Evan; Majors, Yolanda – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2016
Most people have struggled with reading in one situation or another, depending on their appreciation for the content, their prior experiences, and the texts. This department column shares ways for educators to help literacy learners unlock their potential with instruction anchored in their skills, knowledge, ways of learning, interests, and…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Adult Literacy, Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies
Keshavarz, Mohammad Hossein; Atai, Mahmoud Reza; Ahmadi, Hossein – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2007
This study investigated the effects of linguistic simplification and content schemata on reading comprehension and recall. The participants, 240 Iranian male students of English as a foreign language (EFL), were divided into 4 homogeneous groups, each consisting of 60 participants (30 with high proficiency and 30 with low proficiency). To elicit…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Schemata (Cognition), Linguistics, Reading Comprehension