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Impact of the home literacy environment on the L1 reading frequencies of Thai university students: Implications for the learning of an L2 [PDF]

, 2007
In the Information Age, reading is a critical skill for accessing information and updating skills. However, reluctant readership in L1 may prevent many societies from fully participating in the global community. This reluctance to read may also slow the
Ferriman, Nicholas
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Learning to read in English: Comparing monolingual English and bilingual Zulu-English Grade 3 learners

South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2011
The acquisition of reading skills of 100 monolingual English and 100 bilingual Zulu-English third-grade learners was investigated by measuring their phonological- and reading skills.
Diana Soares De Sousa
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L2 pronunciation quality in read and spontaneous speech

6th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing (ICSLP 2000), 2000
Contains fulltext : 76192.pdf (author's version ) (Open Access)
Strik, H., Cucchiarini, C., Binnenpoorte, D.M.   +2 more
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Developing a creative foreign language reader: in search of a theoretical approach and didactic techniques [PDF]

, 2011
The paper discusses different conceptions of creativity in relation to reading in a FL. It looks at psycholinguistic approaches that view creativity as a mentalistic individual creative thought.
Kusiak, Monika
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Transfer of reading attitude from L1 to L2 among Iranian EFL learners with reference to gender and language proficiency [PDF]

Teaching English Language, 2011
This study aims at investigating the threshold hypothesis in relation to the transfer of reading attitude from L1 to L2 among Iranian EFL learners with reference to gender and language proficiency.
Mohammad Keshavarz, Seyyed Hooshmand Mirzaei Jegarlooei   +1 more
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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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The Interplay between Metacognitive Knowledge, L2 Language Proficiency, and Question Formats in Predicting L2 Reading Test Scores

Education Sciences
In the context of L2 academic reading, teachers tend to use a variety of question formats to assess students’ reading comprehension. Studies have revealed that not only question formats but also L2 language proficiency might affect how students use ...
Ray J. T. Liao, Kwangmin Lee
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BOOK REVIEW: ENGLISH L2 READING: GETTING TO THE BOTTOM (4TH EDITION)

LLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching, 2022
Research in L2 reading, especially the incorporation of insights from reading processing into reading instruction, has gained a standing attention in ELT and recent second language acquisition research has highlighted a complex and dynamic trajectory of ...
Yueyue Huang, Keru Li
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Reading in English as a Foreign language: Examining differences in reading speed, comprehension, efficacy and L1 cross-linguistic influence across grades

Investigaciones Sobre Lectura, 2018
Reading in a second or foreign language (L2) is a more complicated process than reading in one's first language because it requires additional demands on the reader. Reading can be assessed from various domains.
Àngels Llanes Baró
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L1 reading factors in extensive L2 reading-while-listening instruction [PDF]

System, 2015
Extensive reading has been used as an approach to L2 instruction in foreign language contexts, where there is a need to provide rich and extensive input to learners. Previous research has shown that this type of instructional intervention is associated with improved performance in L2 reading comprehension and writing, as well as with increased positive
Gisela Granena, Carmen Muñoz, Elsa Tragant   +2 more
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