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Download full textYang, Ya-Han; Chu, Hsi-Chin; Tseng, Wen-Ta – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2021
This study investigates the effects of the text difficulty of extensive reading materials on the reading comprehension and reading motivation of English as a foreign language (EFL) vocational high school students in Taiwan. Two experimental groups were assigned, on an individual basis, to read graded readers at either one level below ('i-1') or…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Materials, Reading Motivation
Direct linkTseng, Min-chen – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2010
When reading traditional texts printed on paper, students start reading from the top left-hand corner and finish at the bottom right-hand corner. Their eyes move in a straight line, which is a linear activity. However, when reading hypertexts, students can click a hyperlink to find out certain information. As they click the various hyperlinks,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Publishing, Reader Text Relationship, College Freshmen
Marek, Michael; Wu, Pin-hsiang Natalie – Online Submission, 2011
This is a conceptual paper, based on several semesters of collaboration in which the American author interacted with students in the Taiwanese author's EFL classes in Taiwan. The best native language users are typically those who read extensively, especially reading for pleasure in their youth. This gives them a large vocabulary and an intuitive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), English Language Learners
Yang, Yu-Fen – Reading Psychology, 2006
In order to probe the relationship between reading strategies and comprehension monitoring strategies and how they function to help readers in comprehension process, the present study utilizes think-aloud and retrospective verbal reports to examine 20 EFL readers' performances in reading texts. The results reveal that the engagement of reading…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Reading Teachers, Reading Processes, Reading Strategies
