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Kadidja Koné – TESL-EJ, 2023
While reading circles have been utilized to promote extensive reading in many educational settings, studies on higher levels of reading engagement in under-researched, English-as-a-foreign-language contexts are still in their infancy. Therefore, the current study examines the factors that increase learners' levels of engagement in extensive…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Al-Kiyumi, Omaima; Seyabi, Fawzia Al; Hassan, Abdul Hamid – International Education Studies, 2021
The current quasi-experimental study investigated the effect of metacognitive reading strategies on the reading comprehension and attitudes of Omani EFL foundation-level students. The sample of the study included two intact classes (N=45) and was selected based on the students' results in the midterm reading comprehension exam and their responses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Metacognition, Reading Strategies, Reading Comprehension
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Xu, Zhihong; Wijekumar, Kausalai; Lin, Shuqiong; Yang, Xinyuan; Nan, Bo – Reading Psychology, 2022
The difficulties with developing high-order reading comprehension skills negatively impact academic success across fields. The current study investigated whether the text structure strategy instruction, delivered through the Intelligent Tutoring of Structure Strategy (ITSS) to adult English learners as a foreign language (EFL), can improve reading…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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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