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Learning L2 collocations incidentally from reading [PDF]
, 2017 Previous studies have shown that intentional learning through explicit instruction is effective for the acquisition of collocations in a second language (L2) (e.g.
Pellicer-Sanchez, A
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Cross-linguistic activation in bilingual sentence processing: the role of word class meaning [PDF]
, 2010 This study investigates how categorial (word class) semantics influences cross-linguistic interactions when reading in L2. Previous homograph studies paid little attention to the possible influence of different word classes in the stimulus material on ...
Baten, Kristof +2 more
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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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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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From Reading Theory to Testing Practice [PDF]
, 1999 This chapter acts as a link between the theoretical concerns laid out in the previous section and the computer-adaptive L2 testing issues and practices discussed in this part.
Chapelle, Carol, Chapelle, Carol
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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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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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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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L1 explicit instruction can improve L2 online and offline performance [PDF]
, 2017 This study investigated the effectiveness of providing L1 explicit information (EI) with practice for making more accurate and faster interpretations of L2 French Imparfait (IMP). Two treatments were investigated: (a) “L2-only,” providing EI about the L2
Marsden, Emma, McManus, Kevin
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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014 Behavioral and neuroimaging studies have provided evidence that reading is strongly left lateralized, and this pattern of functional lateralization can be indicative of reading competence.
Maki Sophia Koyama +4 more
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