Exploring the effectiveness of using big books in teaching primary English in Malaysian classrooms [PDF]
There are many benefits of using stories for language and literacy development particularly in the areas of vocabulary(Cameron, 2001; Elley, 1989; Penno, Wilkinson & Moore 2002;Hargrave & Senechal, 2000) and reading comprehension.
Pinter, Annamaria, Yaacob, Aizan
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Globally, reading proficiency has been a major area of difficulty for English second-language (ESL) learners. This research inter alia utilised a quantitative, quasi-experimental, pre-test/post-test research design to address the paucity of evidence ...
van Staden, Annalene
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Background and research question Reading comprehension in one’s first language is a broadly researched phenomenon. However, technological, social and economic changes have led to an increase of people learning to read in a foreign language (Saiegh-Hadad & Geva, 2010; Bernhardt, 2011).
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THE INFLUENCE OF THE APPLICATION OF SQ3R (SURVEY, QUESTION, READ, RECITE, AND REVIEW) ON THE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH READING COMPREHENSION AT THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF MTS GLOBAL AL-RAHMAH GEBANG CIREBON [PDF]
NAELY UMI SOFWATI:The Influence of The Application of SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, And Review) on The Students’ English Reading Comprehension At The Second Year Students Of Mts Global Al-Rahmah Gebang Cirebon.
NAELY UMI SOFWATI,
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Interactive Reading to Second Language Reading Ability [PDF]
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The semantic effects of verb raising and its consequences in second language grammars [PDF]
This article considers whether highly proficient second language speakers of English can distinguish meaning contrasts associated with constructions where there is a raising be, and constructions where there is a non-raising thematic verb, as illustrated
Casillas, G +8 more
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Science textbook readability in Lebanon : a comparison between anglophone and francophone learning milieux [PDF]
Science subjects are taught in either English or French in the Lebanese high school system. In a strongly examination-driven system exhibiting parallel English and French science courses and textbooks, the issue arises as to whether the second ...
El-Masri, Yasmine +1 more
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[Review of] Diana Der Hovanessian. About Time [PDF]
As Armenian American literature matures, the impact of the massacres and dispersion of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 widens in meaning and relevance.
Bedrosian, Margaret
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The relationship between working memory and L2 reading comprehension [PDF]
Since an important role for working memory has been found in the first language acquisition (e.g., Daneman, 1991 Daneman & Green, 1986 Waters & Caplan, 1996), research on the role of working memory is emerging as an area of concern for second language ...
Mohammadtaghi Shahnazari-Dorcheh +1 more
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Working memory capacity as a predictor of text idea recall in multitasking L2 digital reading
Background Digital reading in a second language is a cognitively demanding task constrained, among other factors, by individuals’ working memory resources. Additionally, listening to music whilst reading might overload working memory.
Bruno de Azevedo +3 more
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