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Brett Mohar – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2024
L2 extensive reading (ER) research primarily studies intermediate and upper-intermediate learners, but few studies investigate beginners. This study addresses this gap by reporting on beginner Japanese as Foreign Language (JFL) learners' attempts to do ER according to Waring and McLean's (2015) ER principles. In this study, 13 second-semester…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Introductory Courses, Reading Comprehension, Reading Rate
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McLean, Stuart; Stoeckel, Tim – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2021
In response to McLean (2021), Laufer (2021) makes three claims which are either not supported by research or are based on studies with important limitations. First is that a vocabulary size, instead of a level, can be used to match learners with lexically appropriate materials despite test creators and research not supporting this. Second is that…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development
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Taylor, Charlie – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2021
In this article, Charlie Taylor offers a commentary on Yang et al.'s 2021 "Reading in a Foreign Language" article, "Text Difficulty in Extensive Reading: Reading Comprehension and Reading Motivation." In their study, Yang et al. analyzed the effects of text difficulty on the reading comprehension and motivation of high school…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension
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Shen, Helen H.; Zhou, Yi; Gao, Gengsong – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2020
This study investigated types of oral reading miscues and their relationship with silent reading comprehension among college-level Chinese as a second language (L2) learners, as well as these students' perspectives toward classroom oral reading practice, at three U.S. universities. Altogether, 80 students were selected randomly to participate in…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Reading Comprehension, Sustained Silent Reading, Undergraduate Students