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Direct linkJeon, Eun-Young; Day, Richard R. – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2016
A meta-analysis was performed to investigate the impact of extensive reading (ER) on reading proficiency. This study gathered 71 unique samples from 49 primary studies published from 1980 to 2014 involving a total of 5,919 participants. Effect sizes were generated separately according to two different study designs: experimental-versus-control…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Reading Fluency, Language Proficiency, Effect Size
Pang, Jixian – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2008
In reading research, studies on good and poor reader characteristics abound. However, these findings remain largely scattered in applied linguistics and cognitive and educational psychology. This paper attempts to synthesize current theory and research on the topic in the past 20 years along 3 dimensions: language knowledge and processing ability,…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Educational Psychology, Applied Linguistics, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedMathews, Margaret – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1989
It is argued that a helpful orientation toward written text can only be fostered in learners when tasks are ordered systematically, with priority being given to global meanings. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Reading Comprehension, Reading Materials, Reading Strategies
Peer reviewedDunmore, Don – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1989
Analysis of second-language exercises intended to expand context-inference skills in reading indicated that most of the exercises offered little help in developing the skill and only partial understanding of word meaning. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedSeidlhofer, Barbara – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1990
Draws a distinction between two kinds of summarization involved in discourse comprehension: abbreviated versions and brief accounts. English summaries written by Austrian university students are used to illustrate the different degrees of contextualization, or schematic priming, that influenced the amount of processing the students performed on…
Descriptors: College Students, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedUrquhart, Alexander H. – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1987
Argues that second-language reading comprehension and its assessment can be usefully divided into two aspects: (1) comprehensions (different levels of comprehension the reader adopts to suit different purposes of reading); and (2) interpretations (different readings of the same text resulting from different background knowledge or preoccupations…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Reading Attitudes, Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies
Peer reviewedSimensen, Aud Marit – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1990
Discusses reading as a receptive skill in relation to current foreign language learning and teaching theory. Three types of reference in texts are defined (reference to the outside world, textual reference, and situational reference), and selected examples of these types in adapted texts are reported and analyzed. (26 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Learning Theories, Reader Text Relationship
Peer reviewedCarrell, Patricia L. – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1983
Two unresolved issues in first language and second language research on the role of background knowledge in comprehension are discussed: (1) the theoretical distinction between "content" and "formal" schemata and their interrelationship in texts and (2) the relationship of effects measured in cross-cultural research to background knowledge that…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition, Language Research
Peer reviewedAnderson, J. Charles – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1990
Focuses on the performance levels of the Test of English for Educational Purposes (TEEP) and English Language Testing Service (ELTS) tests. It is concluded that more attention should be paid to the process underlying test performance. (15 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Classification, Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Language Tests
