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Muravev, Yury – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2023
The premise of this research is that analytical and extensive reading in a digital environment might be used to facilitate second language acquisition at the tertiary education level. Despite the general orientation toward communicative methods in modern second language acquisition, reading methods and techniques have seen an unexpected yet very…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Processes, Reading Tests
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Ghavamnia, Maedeh – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2022
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of instruction of self-regulatory strategies on the L2 reading comprehension of Iranian EFL learners on the one hand and improve the students' self-regulated learning on the other hand. In this research, the experimental group (N=35) received instruction on self-regulatory strategies whereas the…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Samiei, Fatemeh; Ebadi, Saman – Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 2021
This study presents the results of a mixed-methods approach in finding the effects of the WebQuest-based flipped classroom on the EFL learners' inferential reading comprehension skills. A group of EFL learners attending an IELTS course participated in the study. "T"-test and one-way repeated measures ANOVA were used to analyze the…
Descriptors: Inferences, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Qureshi, Muhammad Asif; Aljanadbah, Ahmad – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2022
The current study examined the impact of translanguaging on second language reading comprehension. The study involved an experimental and a control group. The participants in the experimental group (n = 38) were offered four opportunities to engage Arabic -- their first language -- in comprehending a text in English. These occasions for…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Comparative Analysis
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Lynn, Ethan M. – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2021
Two groups of English as a second language students engaged in a fourteen-week repeated reading (RR) treatment: (1) a 3x group (n = 16), which engaged in three readings per session, and (2) a 5x group (n = 15), which engaged in five readings per session. Reading rate and background knowledge were measured at five points to assess the effect of…
Descriptors: Reading Rate, Individual Differences, Comparative Analysis, Second Language Learning
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Navaie, Leila Ashegh – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
The present study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of the Reciprocal Teaching Procedure (RTP) on reading comprehension of intermediate Iranian EFL learners in Iran. Two intact groups were chosen non-randomly, one as the control group and the other as the experimental group. Then an IELTS reading test was administered to both groups as…
Descriptors: Reciprocal Teaching, Teaching Methods, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language)
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Zhao, Ting; Ren, Juan – Language Learning Journal, 2019
The present study aims to investigate the effects of gloss use, L2-gloss frequency and learner proficiency on incidental L2 lexical acquisition. A total of 163 university students in China were assigned to one of the three reading conditions: no gloss (NG), higher frequency L2 gloss (HFLG) and lower frequency L2 gloss (LFLG). The participants read…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Recall (Psychology)
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Shabani, Somayeh; Ramazani, Mohammad; Alipoor, Iman – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2017
In recent years attention has been accorded to language learners' affective factors and learning styles. Two of the significant learning styles are impulsivity and reflectivity which have not been studied as much as other styles such as introversion and extroversion. This study endeavored to find out whether or not impulsivity and reflectivity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Oliver, Rhonda; Young, Shahreen – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
The current research examines the effect of two methods of vocabulary training on reading fluency and comprehension of adult English as second language (ESL) tertiary-bound students. The methods used were isolated vocabulary training (bottom-up reading) and vocabulary training in context (top-down reading). The current exploratory and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Quasiexperimental Design, Second Language Instruction
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Ghafournia, Narjes – English Language Teaching, 2014
The current study investigated the differences across the varying levels of EFL learners in the frequency and choice of learning strategies. Using a reading test, questionnaire, and parametric statistical analysis, the findings yielded up discrepancies among the participants in the implementation of language-learning strategies concerning their…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies, English (Second Language), Personal Autonomy
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Al Rasheed, Hana S. S. – English Language Teaching, 2014
Reading comprehension is a key issue in learning English as a foreign language, and it is critical that teachers utilize pre-reading strategies in reading classes in order to help students enhance their comprehension. The present study investigates the effectiveness of two pre-reading strategies on EFL students' performance in reading…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction