Learning to Read in a Second Language Doesn't Have to Hurt: The Effect of Pleasure Reading (Open to Suggestion).

Constantino, Rebecca

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ERIC Number: EJ513258

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Learning to Read in a Second Language Doesn't Have to Hurt: The Effect of Pleasure Reading (Open to Suggestion).

Constantino, Rebecca

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v39 n1 p68-69 Sep 1995

Describes how reading for pleasure for 20 minutes of each class period in a beginning, intermediate-level reading course for adults in English as a Second Language resulted in language development in terms of reading, writing, and comprehension, as well as increased confidence. (SR)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Higher Education, Reading Attitudes, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Recreational Reading

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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