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Shuo Feng; Kailun Zhang – Second Language Research, 2025
The present study aims to explore how second language (L2) speakers process four types of presupposition triggers in an online self-paced reading task and an offline acceptability judgment task. The four types of triggers are definite expressions with "the," the factive verb "know," the change-of-state verb "stop" and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Bilingualism, Computer Assisted Testing, Paper and Pencil Tests
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Miao Li; Yueming Xi; Esther Geva; Rong Yan; Wei Zhao – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
It has been suggested that the reading acceleration program (RAP) (Breznitz et al. in Nature Communications 4: 1486, 2013), in which participants are forced to read at a rate faster than their normal reading fluency rate, improves reading fluency and comprehension in alphabetic languages. However, its effectiveness has never been examined in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Reading Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Hassan Sayyad Chamani – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2019
Innovative testing techniques are of great importance in modern classrooms. The institute under study created an innovative achievement test compatible with its blended learning program, otherwise known as digitally-based exams. It was seen that the main benefit of these exams was its environmentally-friendly nature, which led to a decrease in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Testing, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)