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The Effect of Graphic Representation of Knowledge Structures on ESL Reading Comprehension

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2008

Gloria Tang
Gloria Tang
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University of British Columbia
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Abstract

Research suggests that English as a second language (ESL) students take upwards of 5 years to acquire a level of proficiency in academic language that is comparable to their English-speaking peers. They are likely to be denied full access to school knowledge unless teachers help to bring about student content knowledge learning and second language acquisition simultaneously.

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , June 1992, pp. 177 - 195
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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