Investigating the relationship between reading comprehension and semantic skill in children with English as an Additional Language: a focus on idiom comprehension
The current study builds upon previous UK EAL research by i. sampling EAL children who do not struggle with reading comprehension and ii. investigating participants’ semantic ability at the word, sentence and discourse levels. Four groups of 9-10 year old children were recruited: EAL Average Readers...
Main Author: | McKendry, M |
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Other Authors: | Murphy, V |
Format: | Thesis |
Language: | English |
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2014
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