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Peer reviewedShih, May – TESOL Quarterly, 1992
Urges English for academic purposes programs to devise more holistic, task- and text-specific, strategy-oriented approaches for reading instruction. Recommendations are given for selecting reading materials, defining criterion tasks, and providing strategy instruction in reading strategies. The promotion of learner independence and use of content…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, English for Special Purposes, Personal Autonomy, Reading Comprehension
