Second Language Reading Research and Instruction: Crossing the Boundaries
Working Papers in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, 2015 Second language (L2) reading serves dual roles in L2 learning – both as a literacy skill for comprehension and as a source of L2 input (Eskey, 2005; Grabe, 1991).
Jookyoung Jung
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Psychologica Belgica, 1998 In this article a review is given of the different types of theories that have been proposed for second language reading acquisition. Some researchers argue that reading involves a complex information processing in which a number of processes are fast and automatic, whereas others are slow and under conscious control.
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Cross-Linguistic Universals in Reading Acquisition with Applications to English-Language Learners with Reading Disabilities [PDF]
, 2009 There is a considerable gap in English reading achievement between English-language learners and native speakers in the United States. Differentiation of whether English language learners’ struggles are symptomatic of reading disability or related to ...
Gorman, Brenda K.
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Can non-interactive language input benefit young second-language learners? [PDF]
, 2015 To fully acquire a language, especially its phonology, children need linguistic input from native speakers early on. When interaction with native speakers is not always possible – e.g.
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Teaching Story without Struggle: Using Graded Readers and Their Audio Packs in the EFL Classroom [PDF]
, 2013 In recent years the support for extensive reading (ER) in English as a second or foreign language (ESL/EFL) programs has been compelling. When practicing extensive reading, the learner reads a wide variety of texts for pleasure and achieves a general ...
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COMMENTARY: CAN FREE READING TAKE YOU ALL THE WAY? A RESPONSE TO COBB (2007) [PDF]
Language Learning and Technology, 2008 Cobb (2007) argues that free reading cannot provide L2 readers with sufficient opportunities for acquiring vocabulary in order to reach an adequate level of reading comprehension of English texts.
Jeff McQuillan, Stephen D. Krashen
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Eye-tracking in Second Language Reading
International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 2021 In this study eye tracking software was used to analyse the ways in which university students, adult competent speakers of English at C1 level, process information when reading texts in the target language, and which strategies they use in order to summarise a given text.
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Cross-lingual neighborhood effects in generalized lexical decision and natural reading [PDF]
, 2017 The present study assessed intra- and cross-lingual neighborhood effects, using both a generalized lexical decision task and an analysis of a large-scale bilingual eye-tracking corpus (Cop, Dirix, Drieghe & Duyck, in press).
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Contradictions within an activity of second language reading literacy
South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2019 Background: In investigating the early reading literacy of a group of Setswana-speaking children who learnt to read in Afrikaans, cultural historical activity theory (CHAT) was chosen as a conceptual framework because of its proven utility value in ...
Sonja Brink, Carisma Nel
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Relating adolescents’ second language reading attitudes, self efficacy for reading, and reading ability in a non-supportive ESL setting [PDF]
, 2011 The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships among second language reading attitudes, reading self-efficacy, and reading ability, as well as gender differences across the variables among adolescents in a setting that does not foster English
Murad Sani, Azlina, Zain, Zaizati
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