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Direct linkGrabe, William – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2010
Paul Nation's talents and interests extend well beyond vocabulary to include research on speaking, writing, classroom learning and teaching, reading, and fluency. In keeping with Nation's interests in fluency, extensive reading, and reading instruction, I outline current perspectives on reading fluency and its role as a key component of reading…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Reading Fluency, Second Language Learning
Cheng, Ying-Hsueh; Good, Robert L. – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2009
The present study examines the effects of 3 kinds of glosses--first-language (L1) Chinese glosses plus second-language (L2) English example sentences, L1 in-text glosses, and L1 marginal glosses--in comparison with a no-gloss condition in reading an English passage, to explore whether providing glosses can facilitate reading comprehension and…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Sentences, Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development
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
Seng, Goh Hock; Hashim, Fatimah – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2006
This study is an attempt to provide insights into the extent of first language (L1) use while reading second language (L2) texts in a collaborative situation among tertiary ESL learners. Through the identification of reading strategies utilized by the subjects, the study is also aimed at discovering possible reasons for the use of L1 while…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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 reviewedWilliams, Eddie – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1993
Reports on an investigation into the reading proficiency of primary school children in two African countries and tests two hypotheses regarding the relative reading ability of the children in these countries. Test results reveal statistically significant differences in favor of Malawi for reading proficiency in the first language and no…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Hypothesis Testing, Language Acquisition
