Studies of the Bicultural Reader: Implications for Librarians and Teachers.

Joag-dev, Chitra; Steffensen, Margaret S.

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Publication Date: 1980

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Studies of the Bicultural Reader: Implications for Librarians and Teachers.

Joag-dev, Chitra; Steffensen, Margaret S.

Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, v2 n1 p25-39 Fall 1980-81

Describes studies illustrating how shared cultural knowledge (or lack of it) can affect reading comprehension, as well as those experiments directed to story structure. Implications for teachers and librarians are discussed. Forty-two references are provided. (EJS)

Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingualism, Cross Cultural Studies, Library Material Selection, Reading Comprehension, Reading Materials, Reading Research

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Language: English

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