COMPUTER-ASSISTED ESL RESEARCH
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https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v2i1.20-24Keywords:
ESL, reading, reading strategies, intermediate, advanced, Applesoft Basic, Basic, Apple IIe, program listingAbstract
The computer can be an asset to the intermediate or advanced ESL reading class. This article describes three programs developed to aid ESL students acquire competent reading strategies and shows how simple for-nextloops can be creatively integrated into different programs to act as timers. The programs are written in Applesoft BASIC for the IIe. Listings of the first and third programs are included to aid novice teacherprogrammers.
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Coady, James. 1979. "A psycholinguistic model of the ESL reader." In Ronald Mackay, Bruce Barkman and R. R. Jordan (eds.),Reading in a Second Language. Rowley, Massachusetts: Newbury House Publishers, Inc.
Grellet, Francoise. 1981. Developing Reading Skills. London: Cambridge University Press.
Smith, Frank. 1982. Understanding Reading. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
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2013-01-14
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Brownfield, S. (2013). COMPUTER-ASSISTED ESL RESEARCH. CALICO Journal, 2(1), 20-24. https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v2i1.20-24
