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ERIC Number: EJ662761
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-1461
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Contextual Variation, Familiarity, Academic Literacy, and Rural Adolescents' Idiom Knowledge.
Qualls, Constance Dean; O'Brien, Rose M.; Blood, Gordon W.; Hammer, Carol Scheffner
Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, v34 n1 p69-79 Jan 2003
Ninety-five rural eighth graders completed the Idiom Comprehension Test in three contexts: idioms in a short story, in isolation, and in a verification task. Performance in the story condition and on high-familiarity idioms showed the greatest accuracy. Associations existed between performance and reading ability for the story and verification conditions. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Context Clues, Context Effect, Cultural Awareness, Grade 8, Idioms, Knowledge Level, Language Impairments, Performance Factors, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension, Rural Areas, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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