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The Lecture — — but They Can't Read It!
Author(s) -
Brooks J. Carroll,
Jerrolds Bob W.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1980.tb01355.x
Subject(s) - readability , active listening , psychology , mathematics education , listening comprehension , reading (process) , linguistics , communication , philosophy
In studying a French lesson, there is a tendency for students to lose the positive effects gained during the listening and speaking phase when they meet with frustration in trying to read the Lecture. In this study, the authors used two readability formulas to examine the Lecture in six books used to teach Beginning French at the college or university level. Results indicated that the Lecture is generally difficult for the student to read and that it is generally not systematically graduated in difficulty through the books.