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Attitude Toward Reading: L1 or L2 or Both

SAGE Open, 2017
L2 reading attitude has been the subject of more recent studies in English as a Foreign Language (EFL), and many have attempted to define this construct and find its correlates such as gender and L1 and L2 proficiency level.
Hadi Akbari, Behzad Ghonsooly, Mohammad Ghazanfari, Hesamodin Shahriari   +3 more
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The Predictive Role of Grapho-Morphological Knowledge in Reading Comprehension for Beginning-Level L2 Chinese Learners

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Reading comprehension entails a set of distinct, yet interdependent cognitive, linguistic, and nonlinguistic processes. Previous second language (L2) Chinese studies have identified significant and positive impacts of grapho-morphological knowledge at ...
Tianxu Chen, Sihui Ke, Keiko Koda
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Second Language Reading and the Role of Grammar

Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2009
The paper reviews research on second language (L2) reading, focusing on the various factors involved, i.e., orthography, vocabulary, grammar, background knowledge, and metacognitive strategies.
Jookyoung Jung
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Second Language Reading and the Role of Grammar

Working Papers in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, 2015
The paper reviews research on second language (L2) reading, focusing on the various factors involved, i.e., orthography, vocabulary, grammar, background knowledge, and metacognitive strategies.
Jookyoung Jung
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The relationship between L2 vocabulary knowledge and reading proficiency: The moderating effects of vocabulary fluency

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023
In this study, we ascertain the links between the four dimensions of L2 vocabulary knowledge and L2 reading proficiency and the moderating effects of vocabulary fluency.
Yanli Tong, Zuwati Hasim, Huzaina Abdul Halim   +2 more
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Self-efficacy for writing and written text quality of upper secondary students with and without reading difficulties

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
IntroductionSelf-efficacy for writing (SEW) and reading ability are some of several factors that may be related to the quality of written text that students produce.
Pär Sehlström, Christian Waldmann, Maria Levlin   +2 more
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Compensatory effects of individual differences, language proficiency, and reading behavior: an eye-tracking study of second language reading assessment

Frontiers in Communication, 2023
Reading in a second language (L2) is a complex process that incorporates linguistic knowledge and literacy abilities, as well as strategic competence to approach different types of reading tasks depending on reading goals.
Rurik Tywoniw
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The Effect of Prior Knowledge on the Contribution of Working Memory to L2 Reading Comprehension [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 2020
Working memory is believed to interact with a second language (L2) learning at the cognitive level. The present study sought to explore the impact of L2 readers’ prior knowledge on the contribution of working memory to reading comprehension.
Hamid Allami, Niloofar Yousefi
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Comparing first and second language reading: the use of metacognitive strategies among Norwegian students

Acta Didactica Norge, 2018
Metacognitive awareness is one of the key predictors of successful reading, in particular for second language and academic reading. This article presents a study that investigated Norwegian university students’ metacognitive awareness when reading ...
Nicole Louise Busby
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Multimedia Gloss Presentation: Learners' Preference and the Effects on EFL Vocabulary Learning and Reading Comprehension

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Drawing on Moreno's cognitive-affective theory of learning with media, this research aims to investigate the effectiveness of different multimedia glosses on learners' vocabulary acquisition and reading comprehension in a CALL environment. A total of 160
Shufang Wang, Chang In Lee
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