Using the "National Enquirer" with Unmotivated or Language-Handicapped Readers.

LaSasso, Carol

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Publication Date: 1983-Mar

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Using the "National Enquirer" with Unmotivated or Language-Handicapped Readers.

LaSasso, Carol

Journal of Reading, v26 n6 p546-48 Mar 1983

Describes how a popular publication with a newspaperlike format and content geared to teenage interests can be used to motivate reluctant readers and teach critical reading skills. (AEA)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Usage, Learning Activities, Motivation Techniques, Newspapers, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials, Remedial Reading, Secondary Education, Student Motivation, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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