Janet Swaffar
Biographic Data
| ID | 4055207 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janet Swaffar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janet |
| FAMILY NAME | Swaffar |
| SIGNATURE | SWAFFAR J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Cultural Representations of Rhetorical Conventions: The Effects on Reading Recall
This study explores whether culture-specific rhetorical conventions affect the reading recall of Chinese EFL college students at two grade levels. Four English passages verified as using Chinese rhetorical conventions were modified into four counterpart versions reflecting English rhetorical conventions. One hundred twenty Taiwanese freshmen and 120 seniors read two of the four passages, one in each rhetorical convention. After each reading, stud…
Reading Goals and the Standards for Foreign Language Learning
The Standards for Foreign Language Learning (1996) provide a new set of guidelines for the curricular development of second language (L2) or foreign language programs that will soon be in place across the United States to describe age‐appropriate levels of student achievement, and against which teacher preparation and rewards will be measured. This essay traces the Standards as a template for an integrated L2 reading curriculum (Grades 4 through …
Identity Signifiers in Contemporary Russian Films: A Lacanian Analysis
The claiming of an essential identity is a common psychological mechanism human beings use to characterize themselves. For Russians in the last decade of this century, searches for the meaning of the self are endemic. Much of Russia is engaged in re-writing the narrative of community and re-constructing history in an effort to fill the identity void left by the collapse of the Soviet Union and its monolithic Ideological State Apparatus. 1 Contemp…
Scholarly Editing in the Computer Age: Theory and Practice
The case for a procedural model as a multiple measure of reading comprehension
Research in the 1990s: Focus on Theory Building, Instructional Innovation, and Collaboration
Reading Goals and the Standards for Foreign Language Learning
The Standards for Foreign Language Learning (1996) provide a new set of guidelines for the curricular development of second language (L2) or foreign language programs that will soon be in place across the United States to describe age‐appropriate levels of student achievement, and against which teacher preparation and rewards will be measured. This essay traces the Standards as a template for an integrated L2 reading curriculum (Grades 4 through …
Research in the 1990s: Focus on Theory Building, Instructional Innovation, and Collaboration
Cultural Representations of Rhetorical Conventions: The Effects on Reading Recall
This study explores whether culture-specific rhetorical conventions affect the reading recall of Chinese EFL college students at two grade levels. Four English passages verified as using Chinese rhetorical conventions were modified into four counterpart versions reflecting English rhetorical conventions. One hundred twenty Taiwanese freshmen and 120 seniors read two of the four passages, one in each rhetorical convention. After each reading, stud…
Research in the 1990s: Focus on Theory Building, Instructional Innovation, and Collaboration
The case for a procedural model as a multiple measure of reading comprehension
Scholarly Editing in the Computer Age: Theory and Practice
Reading Goals and the Standards for Foreign Language Learning
The Standards for Foreign Language Learning (1996) provide a new set of guidelines for the curricular development of second language (L2) or foreign language programs that will soon be in place across the United States to describe age‐appropriate levels of student achievement, and against which teacher preparation and rewards will be measured. This essay traces the Standards as a template for an integrated L2 reading curriculum (Grades 4 through …
Identity Signifiers in Contemporary Russian Films: A Lacanian Analysis
The claiming of an essential identity is a common psychological mechanism human beings use to characterize themselves. For Russians in the last decade of this century, searches for the meaning of the self are endemic. Much of Russia is engaged in re-writing the narrative of community and re-constructing history in an effort to fill the identity void left by the collapse of the Soviet Union and its monolithic Ideological State Apparatus. 1 Contemp…
Cultural Representations of Rhetorical Conventions: The Effects on Reading Recall
This study explores whether culture-specific rhetorical conventions affect the reading recall of Chinese EFL college students at two grade levels. Four English passages verified as using Chinese rhetorical conventions were modified into four counterpart versions reflecting English rhetorical conventions. One hundred twenty Taiwanese freshmen and 120 seniors read two of the four passages, one in each rhetorical convention. After each reading, stud…
Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Programming language (2 works)