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Driskell, Jeanette – 1978
To help students learn important reading skills and habits and become independent learners, remedial reading laboratories should begin at the level of the student's competence, provide ample practice in reading and language skills, and provide immediate feedback and evaluation. The University of Idaho Learning Resource Center supplements the…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Learning Laboratories
Izzo, John – University of Aizu Center for Language 1994 Annual Review, 1995
A study examined patterns of English usage in 52 Japanese university freshmen's written compositions, particularly in the use of the subordinating conjunction "because." It was found that students often fragmented sentences when "because" was involved, or used a comma to separate a trailing dependent "because" clause…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Conjunctions, English (Second Language), Error Patterns