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ERIC Number: EJ289450
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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The Effects of Word Frequency and Contextual Richness on ESL Students' Word Identification Abilities.
Perkins, Kyle; Brutten, Sheila R.
Journal of Research in Reading, v6 n2 p119-28 Sep 1983
Concludes that a significantly higher proportion of a word was needed by all adult ESL students to identify low-frequency words than high-frequency words, and a significant difference existed in the proportion of a word needed by all subjects for identification in poor, moderate, and rich contexts. (FL)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Bilingual Students, Context Clues, English (Second Language), Language Skills, Language Usage, Reading Research, Word Frequency, Word Recognition
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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