The Effect of Syntax on Readability for ESL Students in Puerto Rico.

Blau, Eileen K.

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Publication Date: 1982-Dec

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The Effect of Syntax on Readability for ESL Students in Puerto Rico.

Blau, Eileen K.

TESOL Quarterly, v16 n4 p517-28 Dec 1982

The effect on reading comprehension of manipulating the degree of sentence combining in a passage was assessed for college students and eighth graders. It was found that lower readability level material, as measured by common readability formulas, does not facilitate comprehension for either group, and may actually impede it. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Grade 8, Higher Education, Puerto Ricans, Readability, Reading Comprehension, Sentence Combining, Sentence Structure, Syntax

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Puerto Rico

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