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Peer reviewedPeretz, Arna S.; Shoham, Miriam – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1990
Investigates hypothesis that topic familiarity and assessed difficulty of a text correlate positively with performance on reading comprehension tests. A study of 177 advanced students of English for Specific Purposes indicates that students' subjective evaluation of the relative difficulty of a reading text is not always a reliable index of their…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, English for Special Purposes, Familiarity, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedZvetina, Marina – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
Briefly summarizes popular perspectives on the native-language reading process; presents pertinent studies of second-language reading; and analyzes these studies for pedagogical implications in three categories: organization of prior knowledge during the pre-reading phase; development of metacognitive skills during the reading act; and careful…
Descriptors: Language Research, Metacognition, Prereading Experience, Reader Text Relationship
Peer reviewedSwaffar, Janet K. – Modern Language Journal, 1988
Considers current research on reading in a second language from five points of view: (1) the reader's role in light of new models of language and textual meaning; (2) revised definitions of textual meaning and reader processing; (3) reader processing of schemata; (4) relationship between second-language competency and reader strategies; and (5)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Eye Fixations, Language Proficiency, Literature Reviews
Connor, Ulla – NABE: The Journal of the National Association for Bilingual Education, 1990
An interview method for assessing reading processes was pilot tested to examine reader-text interaction among native-Spanish-speaking fifth graders. Subjects were active participants in the reading situation but were lacking in aspects related to the text's cultural content. The reading interview method is highly recommended for use in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language)
Direct linkWorthy, Jo, Ed.; Maloch, Beth, Ed.; Hoffman, James V., Ed.; Schallert, Diane L., Ed.; Fairbanks, Colleen M., Ed. – National Reading Conference, 2004
This volume presents the 53rd Yearbook of the National Reading Conference (NRC). The papers in this Yearbook reflect NRC's practice of pursuing not only traditionally important topics in literacy but also many issues that may not be deemed worthy of funding and government attention. Rather than a narrowing of the field, the submitted manuscripts,…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Yearbooks, Foreign Countries, Literacy
