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ERIC Number: EJ535942
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0026-7902
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L2 Reading Ability: Further Insight into the Short-Circuit Hypothesis.
Taillefer, Gail F.
Modern Language Journal, v80 n4 p461-77 Win 1996
Discusses the notion of a language proficiency threshold that short circuits the transfer of reading ability from the native language (L1) to a second language (L2). This study, in which cognitive complexity of tasks and students' L2 proficiency levels vary, focuses on university students in France reading preprofessional English texts. (39 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, English (Second Language), English for Academic Purposes, Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Instruction, Test Results, Threshold Level (Languages), Transfer of Training
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: France
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