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Etsuo Taguchi; Greta Gorsuch; Kristin Lems; Hiroto Toda; Toshiko Kawaguchi; Kirsten M. Snipp – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2024
This paper examines learners' fluency development in L2 silent reading rate and comprehension. In both L1 and L2 readings, a positive relationship between readers' silent reading rate and comprehension has not been as firmly established as theories might propose. Based on Wallot et al. (2014), the paper indicates the need to look at readers'…
Descriptors: Correlation, Reading Rate, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency
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Johns, Tim; Davies, Florence – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1983
An approach to selection of reading materials for classroom use based on experience teaching English as both a first and a second language is outlined. Emphasizes the function of texts as a vehicle for information rather than as a linguistic object, and uses the text's potential value as a prime criterion for selection. Provides framework for…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English Instruction, Group Activities, Reading Comprehension
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Williams, Ray – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1983
In recognition of a renewed interest in teaching texture in reading comprehension and a new focus on text cohesion, the system of cohesive relations in English is described, problems in recognizing cohesive ties are discussed, and appropriate teaching materials and related classroom activities are suggested. (MSE)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cohesion (Written Composition), English (Second Language), Literature Appreciation