Brazilian readers and contextual reference Brazilian readers and contextual reference
This article describes an experiment carried out using Brazilian university students at UFSC, the purpose being to check comprehension relationships between two types of contextual reference and two languages, Portuguese and English. A major stimulus for the research was the question: are B...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2008-04-01
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Series: | Ilha do Desterro |
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Online Access: | http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/9027 |
Summary: | This article describes an experiment carried out using Brazilian university students at UFSC, the purpose being to check comprehension relationships between two types of contextual reference and two languages, Portuguese and English. A major stimulus for the research was the question: are Brazilian students' difficulties in reading English related more to English language difficulties or to difficulties in processing text in general? |
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ISSN: | 0101-4846 2175-8026 |