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Download full textHarris, Bruce R.; Harrison Grant Von – 1988
Arguing that most basal reading programs lack appropriate instructional strategies for teaching irregular words, this paper summarizes a teaching strategy for introducing new irregular words to children and discusses learning activities to ensure students will have an instant recognition of these words. The paper suggests presenting three to six…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Class Activities, Learning Strategies, Primary Education
Haynes, Margot – 1983
This paper explores the patterns and processes used by adult students of English as a second language (ESL) when they guess at the meanings of nonsense words in a reading text. The findings suggest that while word-unit processing is a major component of both first- and second-language reading, a major difference between first- and second-language…
Descriptors: Adults, Classroom Techniques, Context Clues, English (Second Language)
