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The Relationship between Reading Proficiency and Reading Strategy Use: A Study of Adult ESL Learners
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Download full textHuang, Jiuhan; Nisbet, Deanna – Journal of Adult Education, 2014
This article explores the relationship between reading strategy use and reading proficiency among 121 adult ESL learners. Reading strategy use was measured by the SORS, and reading proficiency was determined by the CASAS Reading Test and BEST Literacy Test. Findings of the study reveal that (a) adult ESL learners are active strategies users; (b)…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Reading Instruction, Reading Strategies, Reading Skills
Direct linkZhang, Yanhong – Comparative Education Review, 2006
In this article, the author documents the learning disadvantage of rural primary school students in sub-Saharan Africa and attempts to identify the factors underlying such disadvantages. Analyzing data from 14 school systems participating in the second study of the Southern and Western Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Reading Achievement, Academic Achievement
