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Suwantharathip, Ornprapat – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2015
The present study investigated the effects of reading strategies based on collaborative learning approach on students' reading comprehension and reading strategy use. The quasi-experimental research study was performed with two groups of students. While the control group was taught in the traditional way, the experimental group received reading…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Cooperative Learning, Reading Instruction, College Freshmen
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Zhonggen, Yu – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2014
Clickers are catching growing attention in education. This study, using data collected from a questionnaire, forty content words, and a vocabulary knowledge scale, aims to identify if clickers can enhance EFL (English as a foreign language) vocabulary knowledge and raise students' satisfaction level compared with the traditional multimedia-based…
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, Vocabulary, Knowledge Level, Satisfaction
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Habibian, Maryam – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The present study investigates the impact of training metacognitive strategies in reading comprehension and has been conducted among students from University Putra Malaysia. Forty eight subjects majoring in English including both males and females participated in the study. They have been chosen from first level of reading and divided into two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Metacognition, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language)
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Cao, Linying – English Language Teaching, 2012
In this study the author draws on Jane Willis' TBL framework and examines its effects on the improvement of EFL learners' writing competence when such a framework is applied to college writing classrooms in Chinese EFL settings, and thus tentatively explores the feasibility of the task-based approach to the teaching of EFL writing. Results of this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Feasibility Studies
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Choo, Tan Ooi Leng; Eng, Tan Kok; Ahmad, Norlida – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2011
Reading Comprehension is one of the four components tested by the "MUET" (Malaysian University English Test) for Sixth-Form students in Malaysia, and school teachers are charged with the task of helping these students improve. This article discusses how "reciprocal teaching strategies" could help low-proficiency Sixth-Form…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Experimental Groups, Reading Comprehension, Quasiexperimental Design
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Alsamadani, Hashem Ahmed – English Language Teaching, 2011
This quasi-experimental study tested the effect of the 3-2-1 strategy on English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' reading comprehension. A sample of Saudi EFL college-level students were randomly selected and divided into two groups: an experimental group (42 students) and a control group (43 students). Students of both groups took a reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning