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50 Years of ERIC
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The Effects of Rhetorical Organization in Expository Prose on ESL Readers in Singapore.
Tian, Goh Soo – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research in Southeast Asia, 1990
A 1987 experimental study at the Singapore Institute of Education on rhetorical organization tested the findings of a 1984 American study. The finding that English-as-a-Second-Language readers with different native languages showed different recall patterns for the various rhetorical organizations is not confirmed in the Singapore study. (Contains…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency
Higher Order Reading Comprehension Skills in Literature Learning and Teaching at the Lower Secondary School Level in Singapore.
Tian, Goh Soo – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research in Southeast Asia, 1991
The Literature Learning Project at the English Studies Department, Institute of Education in Singapore is described. It focuses on determining how well lower-level students cope with their literature texts and also tests the hierarchical properties of Hillocks' taxonomy of skills in reading and interpreting fiction. (18 references) (LB)
Descriptors: Classification, English (Second Language), Fiction, Foreign Countries