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Wu, Lin; Valcke, Martin; Van Keer, Hilde – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
Reading strategies have been documented as beneficial facilitators for readers to understand text; their potential efficacy, however, has not yet adequately assessed among struggling readers in the context of a large number of students below grade level at secondary schools internationally. Using a pretest-posttest control group experimental…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Chinese, Pretests Posttests
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Gözüküçük, Meral; Günbas, Nilgün – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2020
In this study, four computer-based reading texts with text related static and animated visuals and background sounds were created with a visual programming language by the researchers for fourth grade students. These texts included before-reading, during-reading and after-reading activities. The purpose was to see the effect of these…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Pretests Posttests, Reading Comprehension
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Gao, Tao; Zhao, Junfeng; Li, Xiaoming; Mao, Yuchen; Chen, Qiong; Harrison, Sayward E. – Educational Psychology, 2020
The current study examined the effects of a silent rapid reading skills training intervention on the reading rate and reading achievement of primary school students in China in order to determine the efficacy of the intervention and explore potential gender differences. A total of 108 Chinese primary school students were randomly assigned by the…
Descriptors: Reading Rate, Achievement Gap, Chinese, Intervention
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Hammerschmidt-Snidarich, Stephanie M.; Maki, Kathrin E.; Adams, Sarah R. – Psychology in the Schools, 2019
Repeated reading (RR) is a common fluency intervention, but recent studies comparing RR to continuous reading (CR; i.e., wide reading) found no significant differences in effects. This prompts the question of whether the mechanism that improves skills is repeatedly reading portions of connected text, or simply reading connected text. The current…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Repetition, Reading Fluency, Intervention
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Pellicer-Sánchez, Ana; Conklin, Kathy; Vilkaite-Lozdiene, Laura – Language Learning, 2021
This study examined the effect of pre-reading vocabulary instruction on learners' attention and vocabulary learning. We randomly assigned participants (L1 = 92; L2 = 88) to one of four conditions: pre-reading instruction, where participants' received explicit instruction on six novel items and read a text with the items repeated eight times;…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Comparative Analysis
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Alghonaim, Ali S. – English Language Teaching, 2020
This experimental study reported in this article is casual research since it aims to improve reading comprehension of EFL students by means of applying pre-related reading activities. The study is quantitative. It used two instruments: (1) Reading Engagement Scale developed by Whitaker (2003) to determine the efficacy of pre-related reading…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Lau, Kit-ling – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
In this study, an intervention program was designed based on the instructional principles of self-regulated learning (SRL), and its effectiveness in enhancing Hong Kong secondary three students' classical Chinese (CC) reading comprehension and motivation was evaluated. A pretest-posttest treatment-control group quasi-experimental design was used.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Comparative Analysis, Metacognition, Secondary School Students
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Gui, Min; Shang, Yajie; Chen, Xiaokan – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2020
In this article, a three-phase mixed-methods study was conducted to investigate timed reading effects on Chinese university students' English as a foreign language (EFL) reading rate. First, two equivalent reading rate tests were designed and validated with 30 participants. Second, 81 university students from two intact classes participated in the…
Descriptors: College Students, Reading Rate, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Landreth, Shelly J.; Young, Chase – Journal of Educational Research, 2021
This article examines the effects of a reading fluency intervention on the fluency and comprehension of struggling middle school readers. The secondary fluency routine was developed by the first author, and was based on effective practices described in other studies. Thirty-nine seventh and eighth grade students enrolled in reading intervention…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Intervention, Middle School Students
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Durongbhandhu, Nunpaporn; Suwanasilp, Danuchawat – English Language Teaching, 2021
Vocabulary is an essential factor in English language learning. The competency in vocabulary acquisition enables learners to develop their language skills, especially, reading skill. Presently, with the advent of technology, teaching media with visual aid is used worldwide for media-assisted language learning. The study aimed to develop, implement…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Harrison, Emily; Wood, Clare; Holliman, Andrew J.; Vousden, Janet I. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
Despite empirical evidence of a relationship between sensitivity to speech rhythm and reading, there have been few studies that have examined the impact of rhythmic training on reading attainment, and no intervention study has focused on speech rhythm sensitivity specifically to enhance reading skills. Seventy-three typically developing 4- to…
Descriptors: Language Rhythm, Intervention, Phonological Awareness, Pretests Posttests
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Yakut, Ilyas – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2020
Correct pronunciation of English words is of vital significance for mutual intelligibility in the EFL context. Despite its prominence in L2 learning, teachers of English cannot decide whether and how to implement pronunciation practice into their teaching practices. For this reason, pronunciation training is widely neglected in language classes or…
Descriptors: Pronunciation Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Mohammadi, Roya Ranjbar; Saeidi, Mahnaz; Ahangari, Saeideh – Cogent Education, 2020
Self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies have gained a great prominence in second language reading comprehension; however, to have a comprehensive picture of their efficacy, this study investigated the significant relationships among SRL components, reading comprehension and reading problem solving. Moreover, it examined the effects of SRL…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reading Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning
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Fathi, Jalil; Afzali, Maryam – International Journal of Instruction, 2020
The objective of the current paper was set to examine the effect of second language reading strategy instruction on young Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' reading comprehension. To accomplish this objective, a sample of 48 Iranian EFL learners, aged 11-13, were selected and randomly assigned to an experimental group (N = 25)…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Reading Comprehension
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Marpaung, Marlin Steffi; Sinaga, Risnawaty – Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture, 2019
Reading is one of the important skills in English needed by the second language learner. The purpose of this study is to find out is there a significant difference on students' reading comprehension through Read, Cover, Remember and Retell (RCRR) strategy. The population were VII grade students of SMPN 10 Cimahi. They were divided into two groups,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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