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Jui-Teng Li; Fuhui Tong; Beverly J. Irby; Rafael Lara-Alecio; Hector Rivera – Language Teaching Research, 2024
This meta-analysis includes experimental and quasi-experimental studies of reading interventions for English learners (ELs) coupled with four specific instructional strategies. The purposes of this meta-analysis were two-fold: (1) to identify the effects of the four instructional strategies (i.e. scaffolding, graphic organizers, interactive read…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Pelin Irgin – Language Awareness, 2025
A growing body of research has examined the incorporation of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) into Second Language (L2) instruction in various settings. Despite pedagogical innovations in L2 classrooms, little research has embodied retrospective explorations of the impact of ELF interventions with concrete instruments to measure the exact change…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction, Preservice Teacher Education
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Tingting Fan; Xun Yan – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2025
This quasi-experimental study examines the impact of a diagnosis-based pedagogical intervention on the development of micro English as a foreign language (EFL) reading abilities over time. Specifically, 105 first-year graduate students in a Chinese university completed three diagnostic reading assessments at the beginning, middle, and end of a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Tests
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Zhihong Xu; Kausalai Wijekumar; Qing Wang; Robin Irey; Hua Liang – Language Teaching Research, 2024
Underdeveloped reading comprehension skills can limit academic success; a particular challenge for English language learners (ELLs). The current study investigated whether a web-based text structure strategy, delivered via the Intelligent Tutoring of Structure Strategy (ITSS) program to adult Chinese ELLs, improved students' use of reading…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Intervention, Reading Instruction
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Yawiloeng, Rattana – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2022
This study investigates the perceptions and attitudes of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students towards using instructional scaffolding and visual texts to enhance reading comprehension. The theoretical framework of this study is underpinned by the notions of scaffolding and multiliteracies. Thirty-four EFL undergraduate students studying an…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Shang, Hui-Fang – International Journal on E-Learning, 2023
With the rapid advancement of technology, integration of computer-mediated communication (CMC) has been widely used in recent English as a foreign language teaching and learning. Despite the prevalence of online CMC discussions, previous studies have not drawn conclusive results, and empirical evidence on how online discussions affect student…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Peer Relationship, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Ferdi Çelik; Ceylan Yangin Ersanli; Goshnag Arslanbay – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2024
This experimental study investigates the impact of ChatGPT-simplified authentic texts on university students' reading comprehension, inferencing, and reading anxiety levels. A within-subjects design was employed, and 105 undergraduate English as a foreign language (EFL) students engaged in both original and ChatGPT-simplified text readings,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Artificial Intelligence, English (Second Language)
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Susana Adjei-Mensah; Naomi Y. Boakye; Andries Masenge – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Literacy Association of South Africa, 2023
Background: Mature age admission at universities is increasing rapidly all over the world and Ghanaian universities, both private and public, are no exception. The language proficiency of the admitted mature students, especially in reading, is often low, which affects their comprehension abilities and academic work. Objectives: The purpose of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nontraditional Students, Adult Students, College Students
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Jasmin Decristan; Victoria Bertram; Valentina Reitenbach; Katharina Maria Schneider; Carmen Köhler; Dominique Patricia Rauch – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
One shared goal of classroom instruction is to support students' reading competence as a key skill of school success and participation in daily life. Yet, teaching that addresses multilingual students' language-related resources to support reading is rare. In this study, we enriched reciprocal teaching with elements of linguistically responsive…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Instruction, Elementary School Students, German
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Bahrami, Samaneh; Rahimy, Ramin – HOW, 2022
This study aimed to probe whether using the backward summary technique led to reading comprehension enhancement among non-English major university students at the Islamic Azad University of Babol, located in Babol city, in the North of Iran. 120 B.S. level nursing and microbiology students were randomly selected from a population of non-English…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Susilo, Annisha R. H. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Research over the last two decades has shown middle school EBs are at risk for academic failure due to compounded systematic challenges that prevented them from acquiring reading proficiency level required to succeed in academic setting (Bowman-Perrott et al., 2010; Deussen et al., 2017; Sheng et al., 2011; Slama, 2012). EBs face shortages of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Abu Saleh Mohammad Rafi; Anne-Marie Morgan – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2024
This study investigated the impact of translanguaging pedagogy on the reading comprehension process of first-year students studying at an English department of a Bangladeshi public university. Through a two-pronged ethnographic research design, data were collected through classroom observation, pedagogical intervention, a semi-structured interview…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Mareeyadar Teedaaksornsakul; Neil E. J. A. Bowen – rEFLections, 2024
Multimodal materials have become ubiquitous in language teaching classes. However, growing evidence suggests that misalignments between multimodal elements can mislead or even confuse students. To explore such concerns, this paper focuses on the design and pedagogical application of intersemiotically cohesive multimodal materials in an English for…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Agricultural Education, Intervention, English for Academic Purposes
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Cenoz, Jasone; Gorter, Durk – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2022
Pedagogical translanguaging refers to the use of different planned strategies based on activating students' resources from their whole linguistic repertoire . The aim of this article is to examine the theoretical foundations of pedagogical translanguaging and its application in the classroom. The core characteristics of pedagogical translanguaging…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Daniel Malakowsky – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2023
Twenty adult ESL students at a community college participated in a semester reading intervention. Participants received a modified extensive reading treatment, and some participants received an additional repeated reading direct instruction reading intervention. The author examined the impact of the reading interventions on ESL students' reading…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Community Colleges
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