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Direct linkEtsuo Taguchi; Greta Gorsuch; Kristin Lems; Hiroto Toda; Toshiko Kawaguchi; Kirsten M. Snipp – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2024
This paper examines learners' fluency development in L2 silent reading rate and comprehension. In both L1 and L2 readings, a positive relationship between readers' silent reading rate and comprehension has not been as firmly established as theories might propose. Based on Wallot et al. (2014), the paper indicates the need to look at readers'…
Descriptors: Correlation, Reading Rate, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency
Peer reviewedJohns, Tim; Davies, Florence – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1983
An approach to selection of reading materials for classroom use based on experience teaching English as both a first and a second language is outlined. Emphasizes the function of texts as a vehicle for information rather than as a linguistic object, and uses the text's potential value as a prime criterion for selection. Provides framework for…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English Instruction, Group Activities, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedEdge, Julian – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1983
A communicative classroom procedure designed to give students initial practice in deriving notes and summaries from a written text is described. Using various kinds of classroom interaction, the procedure allows practice in recognition, production, and evaluation of paragraph summaries in note form. A piece of text used with adult and college…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Higher Education
Understanding Russian Texts: A Short Course Procedure Using the Integrated Dictionary Search Method.
Peer reviewedHeron, Patricia A. – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1983
A teaching technique used in a short course in reading scientific and technical Russian without previous Russian language experience is described. A special grammar-and-dictionary is used in a rule-governed manner to produce semi-automatically a sentence-for-sentence analysis of specialized texts. (MSE)
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Language Usage
