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Feller, Daniel P.; Kopatich, Ryan D.; Lech, Iwona; Higgs, Karyn – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
Research comparing the reading strategy use of native and second language (L2) readers has often relied on self-report measures and has, at times, been conducted without measures of reading proficiency. In the present study we used regression and Bayes' factors to explore how L2 reader status and reading proficiency relate to self-report reading…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Second Language Learning, Reading Skills, Native Language
Feller, Daniel P.; Kopatich, Ryan D.; Lech, Iwona; Higgs, Karyn – Grantee Submission, 2020
Research comparing the reading strategy use of native and second language (L2) readers has often relied on self-report measures and has, at times, been conducted without measures of reading proficiency. In the present study, we used regression and Bayes' factors to explore how L2 reader status and reading proficiency relate to self-report reading…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
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Devos, Nathan J. – BC TEAL Journal, 2019
Canadian post-secondary classrooms are linguistically diverse. This diversity comes from immigration, more access to higher education for marginalized and minority groups, and international student recruitment. An institute's language prerequisites serve as tools to help admissions decide who is linguistically prepared for study in English.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Language Proficiency, English
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Chen, Hsiu-Chuan – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2019
This study aimed to examine junior college students' group dialogues on the use of high-level comprehension features in an EFL reading class. The participants were one high-ability group and one low-ability group in terms of discussion proficiency. Eight representative discussions conducted in the students' first language served as the major data…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Community Colleges, College Students, Second Language Learning
Bush, Malcolm; Lansing, Jennifer; Zapata-Gietl, Claudia; Thomas, Kathryn; Escobar, Carolina – Online Submission, 2018
This article describes process and outcome evaluations of a blended Cyber ESL program for native Spanish speakers in Chicago who could not use regular ESL classes. The outcomes measured against before and after scores and several comparison groups showed large gains in English language proficiency. 58% percent of students from the cohorts which…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Electronic Learning, English (Second Language), English Instruction
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Khan, Muhammad Saleem – English Language Teaching, 2016
This paper strives to explore the impact of Native Language use on Foreign Language vocabulary learning on the basis of empirical and available data. The study is carried out with special reference to the English Language Programme students in Buraydah Community College, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia. The Native Language of these students is…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Usage, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Goldburg, Maxine E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Learner-centered methodology like peer review is problematic in the pluralism of the ESL classroom when teaching academic English composition. A distinct complication is the form writing instruction should take given the interaction and variations between ESL students' L1 background, experiences, schema, and the meaning of academic literacy in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Writing Skills, Language Proficiency
Rodriguez, Astrid Sussette – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Developing literacy and language proficiency in English is essential to thrive in school and in the workforce in American society. Research on cross-linguistic influences on text-level skills is scant, especially studies investigating reading comprehension among language-minority adults. The present study investigated the effects of…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Spanish Speaking