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    "title": "Comprehensible Textbooks in Science for the Non-Native English Speaker: Evidence from Discourse Analysis",
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    "abstract": "This paper develops practical applications of the author’s 1983 work, which used discourse analysis to compare textbooks providing practical scientific knowledge for ninth grade general science. The author collected data on the reading comprehension of 72 subjects (30 nonnative and 42 native English-speaking students) on the same passages. Her research considered readability of textbooks on three planes: (1) usage, (2) use, and (3) interaction. The main implication derived from the study is that both nonnative and native English readers will greatly benefit from instructional materials and teaching strategies that provide multiple access to science information. This supports the research findings of Cummins (1981, 1982), Krashen (1981,1982), Widdowson (1978,1979), Long (1982,1985), and Long and Sati (1983) on sheltering (contextualizing), higher level questioning, authentic language, and interaction for second language acquisition. Implications for textbook writers and selectors and content area and ESL teachers are given, along with suggestions for sheltering the English of science textbooks.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "section": "Theme Section - Articles",
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            "first_name": "Alice",
            "middle_name": "A.",
            "last_name": "Addison",
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            "institution": "Santa Maria Joint Union High School District",
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    "date_published": "1988-01-01T23:30:00+05:30",
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