Download full textERIC Number: ED268543
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985
Pages: 6
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Bilingual, Bicultural, and Bidialectal Studies Related to Reading and Communication Skills: Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations Published in "Dissertation Abstracts International," July through December 1985 (Vol. 46 Nos. 1 through 6).
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL.
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 5 titles deal with the following topics: (1) the influence of background knowledge on non-native students' memory for reading passages, (2) the development of a reading textbook with a teacher's manual for English as a second language students in basic college courses in Puerto Rico, (3) an investigation of the relationships between prior knowledge and vocabulary development using semantic mapping with culturally diverse students, (4) effects of prior aural exposure on the oral reading performance and comprehension of Mexican American migrant children, and (5) a three-year longitudinal study on reading developmental processes and behavior of a bilingual child. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Biculturalism, Bidialectalism, Bilingualism, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Mexican Americans, Migrant Children, Oral Reading, Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Vocabulary Development
Publication Type: Reference Materials - Bibliographies
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL.
Identifiers - Location: Puerto Rico
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