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Technique for describing program logic in English
Structured English is the use of the English language with the syntax of structured programming to communicate the design of a computer program to non-technical users by breaking it down into logical steps using straightforward English words. Structured English gives aims to get the benefits of both the programming logic and natural language: program logic helps to attain precision, whilst natural language helps with the familiarity of the spoken word. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Structured EnglishA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Artificial intelligence in language instruction: impact on English learning achievement, L2 motivation, and self-regulated learningInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The Andromeda StrainThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A systematic review of English medium instruction in higher educationCited 1,229 times
- Go sideways: Conditional (computer programming)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Programming styleA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A systematic review of English medium instruction in higher education
Aligning Qualitative, Real-Time, and Probabilistic Property Specification Patterns Using a Structured English Grammar
Translating Structured English to Robot Controllers
Implementation of a structured English query language
Accelerating Early Academic Oral English Development in Transitional Bilingual and Structured English Immersion Programs
Separate and Not Equal: The Implementation of Structured English Immersion in Arizona's Classrooms
Discourse and long-term effects of isolated and combined structured input and structured output on the acquisition of the English causative form
The relative effects of isolated and combined structured input and structured output on the acquisition of the English causative forms
🆕 Influential since 2022
Artificial intelligence in language instruction: impact on English learning achievement, L2 motivation, and self-regulated learning
Structured input and structured output on the acquisition of English passive constructions: A self-paced reading study measuring accuracy, response and reading time
First Psychometric Evaluation of the English Version of the Semi-Structured Interview for Personality Functioning (STiP-5.1)
Vocabulary learning in EFL context: do primary school English Subject textbooks provide structured support?
Preclinical Medical Students' Perspectives and Experiences With Structured Web-Based English for Medical Purposes Courses: Cross-Sectional Study
📚 Books worth reading
The Andromeda StrainMichael Crichton · 1969
KeywordsRaymond Williams, Raymond Williams · 1976
The least you should know about EnglishPaige Wilson, Paige L. Wilson · 1994
Monkey gripHelen Garner · 1977
The structure of complex wordsEmpson, William · 1951
MorphologyFrancis Katamba, John Stonham · 1993
Analyzing English grammarThomas P. Klammer, Muriel R. Schulz · 1992
Reviewing basic grammarMary Laine Yarber, Robert E. Yarber · 1997
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