Upton, Thomas A. (Thomas Albin)2010-10-282010-10-281998Upton, Thomas A. "‘Yuk, the skin of insects!’ Tracking sources of errors in second language reading comprehension". Journal of College Reading and Learning 29, no.1 (Fall 1998): 5-20.Upton, Thomas A. "‘Yuk, the skin of insects!’ Tracking sources of errors in second language reading comprehension". October 28, 2010. Available from IUPUI ScholarWorks. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2300.1079-0195https://hdl.handle.net/1805/2300This article submitted to IUPUI ScholarWorks as part of the OASIS Project.Readers for whom English is a second language often misinterpret texts. One source for such errors is failing to accurately recognize phonemic and graphemic features, leading to interpreting a text within a framework not intended by the author. Teachers can help second language readers become more perceptive by preparing students for the material and providing practice in recognizing the text's syntactic connections.en-USReading ComprehensionBernhardt's Model of Second-language Reading ProcessText Reading and InterpretationEnglish as a Second LanguageSecond Language AcquisitionSecond language learningLanguage and languages -- Study and teaching -- Error analysisReading comprehensionEnglish language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakersArticle