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Luo, Yang; Lin, Yuewu – English Language Teaching, 2017
Illustration is always used as an example to make the written text or the utterance more clear in general. In Winarski's opinion (1997), one picture equals thousands of words. That is to say, illustrations are capable to express the meaning of unfamiliar language or a great deal of information in the reading material by vivid pictures, tables,…
Descriptors: High School Students, Cognitive Style, Illustrations, English (Second Language)
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Broz, William J. – English Journal, 2011
"Not reading," even for many good students, has become a mode of operation with respect to book-length texts assigned in school. Many students enter secondary and postsecondary literature classes "intending" to "not read" the books teachers assign. More students than teachers want to admit do not complete assigned reading, choosing instead to…
Descriptors: Literature, Reading Assignments, Teaching Methods, Teacher Expectations of Students