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Deviance, did you get it? An experiment in reading to learn
Paula Kalajasubject
Linguistics and LanguageReading comprehensionComputer scienceFirst languageEnglish second languageEnglish for academic purposesLanguage and LinguisticsLinguisticsDeviance (sociology)EducationStudy skillsQualitative researchdescription
Abstract This article reports an experiment in which an attempt was made to test reading a scientific text under as natural study conditions as possible. After reading a lengthy text from a Sociology textbook in English, five out of 25 Finnish college students understood a basic concept the way it had been defined by a sociologist; 4 weeks later, after going over the text the second time in Finnish, the number increased to 12. However, even after the second reading of the text in their first language, only half of the students had learnt the basic concept. This indicates that the problems in studying were not only linguistic problems; they seem also to have been study skill problems in general.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991-01-01 | System |