novice reader

collocation in English

meaningsofnoviceandreader

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novice
noun[C]
uk
/ˈnɒv.ɪs/us
/ˈnɑː.vɪs/
a person who is not experienced in a job ...
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reader
noun[C]
uk
/ˈriː.dər/us
/ˈriː.dɚ/
someone who reads for pleasure, especially a person who reads ...
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(Definition ofnoviceandreaderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Anovicereaderexpecting to read this section and walk away understanding affine differential geometry and its use in mechanics will be disappointed.
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In contrast, anovicereadermay be able to recognize a written word but still not produce it correctly.
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Nevertheless, the first chapters are rather dry for anovicereader.
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As a final example of what may be confusing for thenovicereader, consider the treatment of material and mental process verbs.
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The author's failure to raise and address many important issues detracts from the book's accessibility and systematicity, resulting often in dry encyclopedic reading with little guidance for thenovicereader.
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The diacritics stand mainly for vowels and are used when reading is harder, such as in texts for novice readers or in poetry.
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A common method of teaching phonics is synthetic phonics, in which anovicereaderpronounces each individual sound and blends them to pronounce the whole word.
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Novice readers learn to hear and manipulate the smaller sounds into syllables and words.
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Hornbooks displayed letters of the alphabet, a syllabary and prayers for novice readers.
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It is near-unanimously considered a masterpiece by scholars and professors, but the novel's unconventional narrative style very frequently alienates novice readers.
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Much work has been done in the area of teaching novice readers a bank of reading strategies, or tools to interpret and analyze text.
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