Instant Reading Incentive: Understanding TV Captions.

Jensema, Carl; Rovins, Michele

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ERIC Number: EJ553949

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Instant Reading Incentive: Understanding TV Captions.

Jensema, Carl; Rovins, Michele

Perspectives in Education and Deafness, v16 n1 p6-7 Sep-Oct 1997

Describes a project that developed a list of the most frequently used words in television captions in order to assist teachers in building on the word recognition strength and reading skills of students with deafness. The list contains 250 words and is included. (CR)

Descriptors: Captions, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Improvement, Television, Word Frequency, Word Lists, Word Recognition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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