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Direct linkFujii, Kazuma – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2022
The purpose of this study is to examine whether a difference exists in TOEIC Bridge® Institutional Program scores between Japanese English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students at a technical college who did extensive reading (ER) for one year and those who did ER for two years. Furthermore, by dividing the students who experienced ER for two years…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Scores, Test Preparation, Second Language Learning
Download full textLi, Linlin; Flynn, Kylie; Tripathy, Rachel Grimes; Wang, Jennifer; Austin-King, Kelsey; Graves, Michael F. – Grantee Submission, 2018
This study evaluated the efficacy of the Word Learning Strategies (WLS) supplementary program designed to develop upper-elementary students' vocabulary skills in order to improve reading comprehension. The study used a true, group-randomized, experimental design, which randomly assigned 46 4th grade classrooms (n=1324 students) from 12 districts…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension, Learning Strategies
Ismail, Nasrah Mahmoud; Tawalbeh, Tha'er Issa – International Education Studies, 2015
As the training of language learners was a main concern of EFL teachers, this study aimed to assess the effectiveness of metacognitive reading strategies instruction (MRSI) on Taif University EFL students who achieved low results in reading. The final sample of this study was (21) female university students. The sample was divided into two groups;…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reading Strategies, Experimental Groups, English (Second Language)
Jiang, Xiangying – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2012
This study investigated the effects of a 16-week reading instruction program with discourse structure graphic organizers (DSGOs) on the development of English reading comprehension among college-level English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students. A total of 340 first and third semester students of non-English majors at a Chinese university…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Reading Comprehension, Reading Ability, Reading Instruction
Smith, Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This case study examined the general question: "What are the best practices for teaching. English language learners how to read?" Furthermore, this study sought to discover specifically: How do students using Houghton Mifflin Reading Program with supplementals and Rigby Reading Program with supplementals compare in terms of academic gains?; What…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Second Language Learning, Program Effectiveness, Specialists
Jane Hurry; Andrew Holliman – Institute of Education - London, 2009
Reading Recovery is part of the Every Child a Reader strategy to enable children to make a good start in reading. Reading Recovery is well known to have impressive effects in the shorter term, but less is known about its long-term effectiveness. The present study followed up at the end of Year 4: 120 comparison children, 73 children who had…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Instruction, Special Needs Students, Elementary School Students
