Effects of Lexical Simplification and Elaboration on ESL Readers' Local-Level Perceived Comprehension

This study examines the effects of single word modification on the perceived comprehension of individual sentences. A test was created by randomly selecting sentences from a college level American history textbook. Each sentence was analyzed using Nation's Range program, and the lowest frequenc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brewer, Beth Ann
Format: Others
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2008
Subjects:
ESL
Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1665
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2664&context=etd