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Download full textRasnak, Mary Ann; And Others – 1989
This annotated bibliography, a project undertaken by graduate students enrolled in a comparative reading course at Northern Illinois University, supplements and updated E. Malmquist's annotated bibliography, "Handbook on Comparative Reading." The bibliography contains 188 annotations drawn from a range of articles, chapters, and texts…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Shu, Hua; And Others – 1994
A study investigated children's natural learning of word meanings while reading. Subjects, 447 American and Chinese children in third and fifth grades, read one of two cross-translated stories and then completed a test on the difficult words in both stories. Results indicated: (1) significant incidental learning of word meanings in both grades in…
Descriptors: Chinese, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education
Feitelson, Dina, Ed. – 1978
The reading research studies presented in this volume address questions that incorporate more than one culture, language, or writing system, illustrate a broad conceptualization of the study of reading, and represent the expanding international consciousness and program of the International Reading Association. Part one offers the following…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, English
