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Peer reviewedConstantino, Rebecca – Journal of Reading, 1994
Describes how a course of pleasure reading (reading romance novels) improved the reading ability of three female foreign students to the point where they could with confidence handle university-level textbooks in their fields, which previously had led the students only to frustration. (SR)
Descriptors: Adult Education, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Reading Ability
