Processing of regular and irregular past tense morphology in highly proficient second language learners of English: a self-paced reading study [PDF]
, 2012 Dual-system models suggest that English past tense morphology involves two processing routes: rule application for regular verbs and memory retrieval for irregular verbs (Pinker, 1999).
Marinis, Theodoros, Pliatsikas, Christos
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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 +3 more
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Current Swedish Archaeology, 2021 Slower reading in a second language (L2) has been attributed to lower proficiency and/or to slower language processing. This study investigates the role of linguistic context in L1 and L2 academic reading speed among 295 undergraduate Psychology students
Nicole Louise Busby, Anne Dahl
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Understanding online reading through the eyes of first and second language readers: an exploratory study [PDF]
, 2014 Utilizing eye-tracking technology and focusing on the “rapid”, “purposeful” and “comprehending” attributes of fluent reading, this study investigated first language (L1) and second language (L2) readers’ online reading patterns and comprehension.
Kang, Haijun
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Reading aloud activity in L2 and cerebral activation [PDF]
, 2012 This article explores the cerebral mechanism of reading aloud activities in L2 learners. These activities have been widely used in L2 learning and teaching, and its effect has been reported in various Asian L2 learning contexts.
Ikeda Maiko +5 more
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The Relationship between Metacomprehension and Reading Comprehension in Spanish as a Second Language
Psicología Educativa: Revista de los Psicólogos de la Educación, 2021 The importance of reading proficiency in a second language (L2) is growing worldwide. Reading in a L2 involves many questions about the abilities of reading comprehension, including metacomprehension, a core reading ability in native speakers (L1) that ...
Carla Míguez-Álvarez +2 more
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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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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.
A Cumming +38 more
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Learners’ Factors in L2 Reading Comprehension
Global Journal of Educational Studies, 2017 Due to the existence of contrastive psychological and biological factors, learning processes vary from person to person. The awareness of the fact that dissimilarity exists among learners’ preferences in learning, determines teachers to accommodate learners needs accordingly.
Afsane Askari +3 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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