Edward Fry's readability chart analyzes a 100 word passage of the book and breaks it down into syllables and short sentences. ... Fry's readability graph states that for third graders the average 100 word passage should contain 9.2 sentences and have 124 syllables (http://school.discover.com). ... Basically, anyone trying to get a child interested in reading should use techniques that repeat the concept over and over in different ways until finding the approach that works best for that child because as we all know, "repetition is the key to learning." ...

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1. Introduction As the title of this chapter suggests, the discussion here will approach our experimental findings from three different perspectives. First we consider the implications of our work for L2 instruction and materials design. Then we discuss problems in the research and how they can be a...

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