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Paesani, Kate – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2016
This study explores relationships among reading literature, creative writing, and language development in a university-level advanced French grammar course through the theoretical lens of the multiliteracies framework. The goal is to investigate reading-writing connections and whether these literacy practices facilitate students' understanding and…
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Literacy, Teaching Methods, Reading Writing Relationship
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
Loh, Jason Kok Khiang – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2009
This case study investigates whether teachers model reading in 1 Singapore primary school during an exercise called "uninterrupted sustained silent reading" (USSR) carried out in the classroom. Even though reading is an important determinant of a student's growth in language skills and ability, and modeling the act of reading is…
Descriptors: Sustained Silent Reading, Reading Programs, Interviews, Foreign Countries
Alessi, Stephen; Dwyer, Angelique – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2008
Intermediate learners of Spanish read a Spanish newspaper article with vocabulary assistance either before reading, while reading, both, or without any such assistance. Reading performance was significantly better for students receiving vocabulary assistance during reading, but not for those receiving it before reading. Reading time of the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Second Languages