Subject/Object Asymmetry in the Comprehension of English Relative Clauses by Japanese Learners of English [PDF]
, 2007 While a number of studies have shown that object-extracted relative clauses are more difficult to understand than subject-extracted counterparts for second language (L2) English learners (e.g., Izumi, 2003), less is known about why this is the case and ...
Hashimoto, Ken-ichi
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Journal of Literature and EducationThe aim of this study was to examine the relationship between the Iraqi EFL L2 motivating self-system, reading ability, and gender. In order to find answers to the research questions, a correlational methodology was used, and the study was designed as a ...
Ahmed Abed Ali Kadhim +1 more
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Effects of Glosses on Incidental Vocabulary Learning : Which Gloss-type Works Better,L1,L2,Single Choice, or Multiple Choices for Japanese University Students? [PDF]
, 2008 本研究は、読解中の語彙注釈の利用が偶発的語彙習得を促すという先行研究の結果に基づき、母語訳の注、英語同意語の注、母語訳選択肢による注、英語選択肢による注の4種類を比較し、これらの4種類の注を利用した黙読が、新出単語の語彙保持率を高めるかどうかを検証した。各注が与える学習時の認知負荷の差異という観点から、初級から中級に属する日本人学習者の場合、母語選択肢による注が語彙保持を高めるという仮説を立て、2005年度に4種類の注の効果を計3回検証した。各注釈を利用した4グループの語彙保持成績の差が ...
Osato Shiki, 氏木 道人
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The Influence of Reading Texts on L2 Reading-to-Write Argumentative Writing. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2021 Qin J, Liu Y.
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Journal of Child Language Acquisition and DevelopmentThis correlational study investigates the association between reading skills in French (L2) and English (L3) among 9th-grade middle school students in Morocco (n = 70).
Imad Hamdanat
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Effectiveness of comprehension monitoring strategies in EFL of non-bilingual Spanish university students reading science texts [PDF]
, 2012 This paper studies the differences in the effectiveness in the use of Comprehension Monitoring (CM) when reading expository Science texts in Spanish (L1) and in English (as a foreign language).
Gómez López, Ángela +1 more
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Parsing Ability and Reading Comprehension in a Second Language: Are the Two Related? [PDF]
, 1986 Many studies of reading comprehension have dealt with how a text's syntax and semantics interfere with or assist the reader in getting meaning. These effects have typically been observed in the product of the reading process, reading comprehension ...
Day, Dennis
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Reading Strategy Use of Low- and High-Proficiency Learners and the Effect of Reading Instruction [PDF]
, 2014 Research suggests that reading strategy usage is influential on L2 reading proficiency. Considering this, the LEC English Department decided to examine students’ reading strategies as a part of its much larger curricular review.
Prichard, Caleb
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An Investigation on the Roles of Grammar and Vocabulary Knowledge in an Advanced L2 Reader’s Reading Performance [PDF]
[[abstract]]This case study is aimed at exploring the extent to which grammar and vocabulary knowledge affect an advanced L2 reader’s reading process when the reader consumes materials in the contexts of reading articles from Time Magazine.
蔡瑞敏
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Effects of summarization tasks on comprehension monitoring of science texts in university students with elementary or intermediate English proficiency [PDF]
, 2012 Two studies were conducted to improve Spanish university students" comprehension monitoring of macro-ideas when reading expository Science texts in English (L2). The first one evaluated the effects of using summarization tasks on comprehension monitoring
Devís Arbona, Anna M. +2 more
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