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Direct linkEtsuo 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
Peer reviewedGalen, Nancy; Prendergast, John – Reading Horizons, 1979
Describes a method of motivating students to read by using the uninterrupted sustained silent reading method. (MKM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Motivation Techniques, Reading Instruction, Silent Reading
Peer reviewedWatson, Dorothy J. – English Education, 1978
Describes a successful sustained silent reading program which involved junior high students in identifying and remedying their own miscues. (DD)
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Miscue Analysis, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Improvement
Peer reviewedBerglund, Roberta L.; Johns, Jerry L. – Reading Teacher, 1983
Defines Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Reading and explains the need for it, how to use it effectively, what to expect from it, and what to do if something goes wrong. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Sustained Silent Reading
Peer reviewedJournal of Reading, 1981
Suggestions from readers include a list of 144 practical things to read, and ways to use sustained silent reading in the secondary school classroom. (MKM)
Descriptors: Functional Reading, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedReading Teacher, 1981
Describes "Booktime," a modified form of sustained silent reading that produced positive results with first-grade poor readers. (FL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Low Achievement, Primary Education, Reading Difficulties
Peer reviewedDavey, Beth; Porter, Sarah M. – Journal of Reading, 1982
Describes an effective procedure for getting "print-bound" poor comprehenders to attend actively to meaning while reading and to improve their comprehension and attitudes toward reading. (AEA)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Elementary Education, Reading Attitudes, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedArtley, A. Sterl – Reading Horizons, 1980
The relevance of psycholinguistics to reading is based on the premise that reading is the act of constructing meaning, first, foremost, and always. (MKM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Context Clues, Elementary Secondary Education, Psycholinguistics
Peer reviewedCunningham, Patricia M.; Cunningham, James W. – Clearing House, 1976
How can the content teacher improve his student's learning of history or math and give them practice in writing at the same time? SSSW (Sustained Student Summary Writing) is one resolution of this issue. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Media, Learning Activities, Program Descriptions, Reading Development
Peer reviewedMendak, Peggy Ann – Reading Teacher, 1986
Offers an outline of what research says about silent reading and comprehension. Presents suggestions to help children learn to read silently.
Descriptors: Primary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Research
Peer reviewedGreenwood, Scott C. – Journal of Reading, 1985
Discusses the use of performance contracts to teach reading to secondary school students in classes classified as "corrective,""developmental," and "enrichment." (HOD)
Descriptors: Independent Reading, Performance Contracts, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills
Peer reviewedRygiel, Mary Ann – English Journal, 1982
Discusses the applications of Russell G. Stauffer's work to the teaching of reading. (JL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Directed Reading Activity, English Instruction, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedBernhardt, Elizabeth B. – Modern Language Journal, 1983
Presents data on the impact of oral and silent reading on reading comprehension. Hypothesizes that reading comprehension is enhanced significantly by silent, rather than oral reading, and that re-reading is an effective mode for increasing comprehension in either mode. (EKN)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, German, Language Research
Download full textOsborn, Jean; Lehr, Fran – 2003
Intended for practitioners, this is the first booklet in the Research-Based Practices in Early Reading series published by the Regional Educational Laboratory at Pacific Resources for Education and Learning. The 31-page booklet summarizes research on fluency and fluency instruction and describes strategies for fluency instruction. It also explains…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Literature Reviews, Primary Education, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedJournal of Reading, 1981
Practical suggestions from teachers include activities for defining new English words, using free association and writing, stocking the sustained silent reading library, and using the compare/contrast strategy for word recognition. (MKM)
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Materials, Recreational Reading, Secondary Education
