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Mintra Puripunyavanich; Rob Waring – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2024
This study reports how extensive reading (ER) teachers implemented ER and used reading materials at institutions in formal educational systems in Japan, Mongolia, Thailand, and Vietnam. 259 participants completed an online questionnaire. The results revealed that ER was mainly required and done online in Japan and Mongolia while it was optional…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials, Cultural Differences
Taguchi, Etsuo; Gorsuch, Greta; Takayasu-Maass, Miyoko; Snipp, Kirsten – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2012
Reading fluency has attracted the attention of reading researchers and educators since the early 1970s and has become a priority issue in English as a first language (L1) settings. It has also become a critical issue in English as a second or foreign language (L2) settings because the lack of fluency is considered a major obstacle to developing…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Program Implementation, Metacognition