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Wolkinson, Deborah; Burchfield, Lisa – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1998
One Israeli junior high school initiated an extensive reading program that promotes independent English reading and increases acquisition of English. This article explains how to get such a program started, develop guidelines, and handle problems. Student surveys indicated that similar numbers of students enjoyed reading English and reading…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Independent Reading
Download full textBeentjes, Hans W. J. – 1987
This comparison of students' learning from reading books and from watching television uses Gavriel Salomon's model of learning effects, which is based on the amount of mental effort invested (AIME) in a medium as determining how deeply the information from that medium is processed. Mental effort, in turn, is predicted to depend on two perceptions…
Descriptors: Books, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations
