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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, Behzad Ghonsooly, Mohammad Ghazanfari, Hesamodin Shahriari   +3 more
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Reading Rate of Academic English Texts: Comparing L1 and Advanced L2 Users in Different Language Environments

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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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, Miguel Cuevas-Alonso, Mário Cruz   +2 more
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Reading EAP: Investigating high proficiency L2 university students’ strategy use through reading blogs [PDF]

, 2016
This study investigates the reading strategies used by academically novice, but high-proficiency L2 students of English enrolled in a teacher education programme at a major Swedish university.
Abbott, Anderson, Ashby, Bazerman, Berggren, Bernhardt, Bernhardt, Bernhardt, Block, Chung, Cohen, Council of Europe, Coxhead, Coxhead, Dhieb-Henia, Dunlap, Dörnyei, Grabe, Gu, Hirano, Hirvela, Hutchinson, Hyland, Jessica Berggren, Lee, Lee, Li, Lisa McGrath, Malcolm, Manarin, Mann, Martínez, Matsumoto, McCulloch, Mežek, Mežek, Mokhtari, Nation, Nergis, Ohata, Parry, Pecorari, Pintrich, Pintrich, Plakans, Schmitt, Sheorey, Skolverket, Sundqvist, Upton, Veenman, Wingate, Zamel, Špela Mežek   +53 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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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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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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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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