Relations among L1 Reading, L2 Knowledge, and L2 Reading: Revisiting the Threshold Hypothesis
English Language Teaching, 2013 This study attempted to test the threshold hypothesis in second/foreign language (L2) reading by investigating the relations among first language (L1) reading, L2 knowledge, and L2 reading comprehension in a sample of 2666 (1333 males and 1333 females) Korean EFL high school students. Three different methods of data analysis were utilized after closely
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Investigating the Relationship Between Oral Reading Miscues and Comprehension in L2 Chinese
LanguagesReading comprehension in Chinese as a second language (L2 Chinese) presents unique challenges due to the language’s logographic writing system. Analysis of oral reading miscues reveals specific patterns in L2 learners’ reading processes and comprehension
Sicheng Wang
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The effects of a reading intervention on first and second language English medium learners. [PDF]
, 2012 Due to the detrimental effects of apartheid on the South African learning environment the implementation of language policies aimed at fostering multilingual and multicultural education to attain educational equity are rendered impractical (DoE, 1995; de
Carter, Kirsty
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Developing Authentic L2 Reading Materials
New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences, 2017 Reading means different things to different people; for some it is recognizing written words, while for others, it is an opportunity to teach pronunciation and practice speaking. However, reading always has a purpose. It is something that we do everyday; it is an integral part of our daily lives, taken very much for granted and generally assumed to be ...
Majid Farahian, Seifoddin Rajabi
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First and Second Language Use in Reading Comprehension Strategies of Japanese ESL Students [PDF]
, 1997 This article submitted to IUPUI ScholarWorks as part of the OASIS Project. Article reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
Upton, Thomas A. (Thomas Albin)
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Late Bilinguals Are Sensitive to Unique Aspects of Second Language Processing: Evidence from Clitic Pronouns Word-Order. [PDF]
, 2017 In two self-paced reading experiments we asked whether late, highly proficient, English-Spanish bilinguals are able to process language-specific morpho-syntactic information in their second language (L2).
Diaz, Michele +3 more
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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014 Behavioral and neuroimaging studies have provided evidence that reading is strongly left lateralized, and this pattern of functional lateralization can be indicative of reading competence.
Maki Sophia Koyama +4 more
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Using keystroke logging to understand writers’ processes on a reading-into-writing test [PDF]
, 2017 Background Integrated reading-into-writing tasks are increasingly used in large-scale language proficiency tests. Such tasks are said to possess higher authenticity as they reflect real-life writing conditions better than independent, writing-only tasks.
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Psycholinguistic determinants of reading comprehension in english as a foreign language
Psicologia Escolar e EducacionalThe purpose of this study was to analyze the contribution of linguistic and psychological variables in the explanation of the variance associated with reading comprehension in English (L2).
Javier Vivaldo-Lima +2 more
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A Methodological Synthesis of Self-Paced Reading in Second Language Research:Methodological synthesis of SPR tests [PDF]
, 2018 Self-paced reading tests (SPRs) are being increasingly adopted by second language (L2) researchers. Using SPR with L2 populations presents specific challenges, and its use is still evolving in L2 research (as well as in first language research, in many ...
Marsden, Emma Josephine +2 more
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