Lexical inferencing in reading in L2 Russian
Reading in a Foreign Language, 2012 This study describes how intermediate-level first language (L1) English readers of Russian as a second language (L2) deploy lexical inferencing and other strategies when reading informational texts. Fifth-semester students of Russian performed think-alouds while reading two texts; one written for the general adult reader, and the other meant for school-
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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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Individual differences in second language speech learning in classroom settings: roles of awareness in the longitudinal development of Japanese learners’ English /ɹ/ pronunciation [PDF]
, 2018 The current study longitudinally examined a crucial individual difference variable—i.e., awareness (operationalized as explicit attention and articulatory knowledge)—in adult second language (L2) speech learning in the context of 40 Japanese learners ...
Catford JC +8 more
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Nurr1 Orchestrates Claustrum Development and Functionality
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Nurr1 (Nr4a2) is the master transcription factor to control claustrum morphogenesis and cell fate decision postmitotically by inhibiting intracellular G‐protein signaling. Nurr1 deficiency alters the transcriptomic profiles of subcortical claustral neurons into neocortical insular neurons, resulting in defected claustrum development, impaired axonal ...
Kuo Yan +12 more
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Learning from expository text in L2 reading: Memory for casual relations and L2 reading proficiency
Reading in a Foreign Language, 2017 This study explored the relation between second-language (L2) readers’ memory for causal relations and their learning outcomes from expository text. Japanese students of English as a foreign language (EFL) with high and low L2 reading proficiency read an expository text.
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Issues in Teaching Second Language Reading [PDF]
, 1998 Look through the window of any second or foreign language (L2) reading classroom and, invariably, you will see teacher and students seated with books open in front of them.
Bamford, Julian, Day, Richard R.
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Reading in two writing systems: Accommodation and assimilation of the brain's reading network [PDF]
, 2007 Bilingual reading can require more than knowing two languages. Learners must acquire also the writing conventions of their second language, which can differ in its deep mapping principles (writing system) and its visual configurations (script). We review
Bolger, DJ +5 more
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The Disordered Region of ASXL1 Acts as an Auto‐Regulator Through Condensation
Advanced Science, EarlyView.ASXL1's long IDR encodes an electrostatic “basic platform + acidic brake” that autoregulates condensation. Truncation at a clinical hotspot lifts this brake, forming condensates that retarget BRD2, remodel local chromatin accessibility, and impair neutrophil maturation.
Xiao Fang, Qiwei Li, Wenqing Zhang
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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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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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