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Title: | Second language reading and distance education | ||||||
Author: | Klein-Wohl, Esther |
ISNI:
0000 0004 2705 7656
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Awarding Body: | Institute of Education, University of London | ||||||
Current Institution: | University College London (University of London) | ||||||
Date of Award: | 1994 | ||||||
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This thesis is essentially concerned with two main issues:
reading and distance education (DE).
The purpose of the study is to devise a feasible
teaching/learning model for second language (L2) reading
instruction for academic purposes to adult learners studying
in a distance delivery system. The proposed Model is derived
from a conceptual analysis of the research in reading and in
DE. We examine the theoretical principles of reading as a
context of language use and of DE as a context of language
instruction in order to identify the favourable elements of
distance learning that render L2 reading a good case for
treatment in that mode.
Our conceptually based Model provides criteria for the design
of instructional materials and represents an ideal
operational structure for teaching L2 reading at a distance.
It also claims to account for many of the deficiencies found
in L2 language pedagogy.
The applicability of the Model is demonstrated when it serves
as an instrument used for a qualitative evaluation of the
existing English reading comprehension course at the Open
University of Israel.
On the basis of our theoretically informed Model, a sample
unit is presented which constitutes a pedagogical hypothesis
that reflects the way we suggest L2 reading for academic
purposes in a distance delivery mode should be taught.
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Supervisor: | Not available | Sponsor: | Not available | ||||
Qualification Name: | Thesis (Ph.D.) | Qualification Level: | Doctoral | ||||
EThOS ID: | uk.bl.ethos.536406 | DOI: | Not available | ||||
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