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Capodieci, Agnese; Zamperlin, Claudia; Friso, Gianna; Carretti, Barbara – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2021
It has been well documented that oral language skills are precursors of the development of written abilities, meaning that improving oral language skills, e.g. vocabulary, listening comprehension, could have positive effects reading comprehension. The main aim of the present study was to analyze the effect of a training program focused on four…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
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Yu, Wen-Chiao; Chang, Peichin – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2019
Conceptual beliefs learners hold may influence learning strategies and outcomes of learning. Little research, however, has investigated English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' views of multimodality presented in the most accessible learning materials, their English textbooks. A total of sixteen 11th graders participated, half from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Textbooks
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Keshavarz, Mohsen – Distance Learning, 2020
This study seeks to investigate the effect of distance education and traditional education on the development of print literacy and measure which type has more impact on it. The design of this study is quasi-experimental. In order to undertake the study, pretest and posttest were used in experimental and control groups. Fifty MA students at the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Conventional Instruction
Ruivo, Paula – Online Submission, 2006
This study has been done to gather data as to whether there is improvement in vocabulary development, reading comprehension and reading fluency when a child is reading aloud and he or she has a reading companion as opposed to not having a reading companion. As this literature review indicates there has been a lot of research on the benefits of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, School Readiness, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency
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DeLancey, Robert W. – 1962
Designed to determine to what degree the reader's awareness of recognition of certain structural aspects of written English is a factor in reading comprehension, this measure defines four word classes (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs) in syntactical or formal terms rather than in semantic terms. Each item in the test consists of two sentences:…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Language Arts
Martin, Sabrina Budasi; Garcia, Paula – 1997
The set of materials are designed for the assessment of literacy, English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL), listening and reading comprehension, and/or job-related skills of factory workers, and are based on work-related tasks. The materials consist of instructions for administering the test, a picture prompt booklet for the test administrator to use…
Descriptors: Adult Education, English (Second Language), Field Tests, Interviews