ERIC Number: EJ650631
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reading Activities for Effective Top-Down Processing.
Chia, Hui-Lung
Forum, v39 n1 Jan-Mar 2001
Discusses techniques for helping English-as-a-Foreign-Language students activate their prior knowledge for effective top-down processing to facilitate reading comprehension. Three activities are discussed: the use of a semantic map, questioning, and previewing. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Language Processing, Prior Learning, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Semantics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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