Signalling structure in hypertext:
support for the non-native reader

Background
I Text and the non-native reader
Models of reading
The non-native reader
Structures of text
Structures of knowledge
II Hypertext NN reader support
Strategies for NN reader support
Training in text patterns/cues
Training in knowledge structures
Signalling structure in documents
Examples of signal design
A writing structure curriculum
Extension
Sources
App. 1 An unfolding signal curriculum
 

Lawrie Hunter

Kochi University of Technology
lawrie@info.kochi-tech.ac.jp

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