DocumentCode
1520524
Title
The impact of passive voice on reading comprehension
Author
LoMaglio, L.J. ; Robinson, V.J.
Author_Institution
Rochester Inst. of Technol., NY, USA
Issue
4
fYear
1985
Firstpage
26
Lastpage
27
Abstract
Many classes of disadvantaged readers fail to correctly comprehend agentless passive voice sentences. Students in a physics class at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf were given the Test of Syntactic Abilities to ascertain whether they could comprehend the passive voice structures commonly found in technical texts and reports. The results showed that 50% of these prelingually deaf college freshmen failed to comprehend sentences with agentless passive.
Keywords
handicapped aids; linguistics; National Technical Institute; agentless passive; agentless passive voice sentences; deaf students; disadvantaged readers; passive voice; physics class; reading comprehension; reports; technical texts; Auditory system; Educational institutions; Measurement; Physics; Voltmeters; Writing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0361-1434
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TPC.1985.6448844
Filename
6448844
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