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Hala Alsabatin; Waleed Nureldeen; Remon Eskander; Waleed Nasr – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2023
Reading ability in English is decisive in determining the academic achievement of university students who study the English language, or any other subject in English. Extensive research has been conducted to explore whether ESL/EFL reading problems are language-specific or general reading problems. In this regard, previous research on the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Ability, Native Language
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Al Qahtani, Abdulkhaleq A. – TESOL International Journal, 2020
The present study reports reading strategies of Arabic L1 EFL college-level learners at three reading ability levels: high, medium, and low. Thirty students were asked to take the reading section of the TOFEL to determine their reading abilities. Then two participants from each level were selected randomly to go through the think-aloud protocol…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Protocol Analysis, Language Tests, English (Second Language)
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Sheehan, Kathleen M. – ETS Research Report Series, 2017
A model-based approach for matching language learners to texts of appropriate difficulty is described. Results are communicated to test takers via a targeted reading range expressed on the reporting scale of an automated text complexity measurement tool (ATCMT). Test takers can use this feedback to select reading materials that are well matched to…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Second Language Learning, Difficulty Level, Reading Material Selection
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Crossley, Scott A.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2016
This study uses a moving windows self-paced reading task to assess text comprehension of beginning and intermediate-level simplified texts and authentic texts by L2 learners engaged in a text-retelling task. Linear mixed effects (LME) models revealed statistically significant main effects for reading proficiency and text level on the number of…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Reading Ability