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Direct linkKe Hu; Ying Deng; Xiaobin Liu – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2024
High frequency words, which are key to a text, must be mastered to achieve minimum levels of reading proficiency. However, knowledge about the frequency of items in a language is very limited. Given this consideration, WordSift (www.wordsift.org), a word cloud tool based on high frequency and key words can assist English as a Foreign Language…
Descriptors: Word Frequency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Download full textGraham, Steven – Teaching English with Technology, 2021
An explorative case study has been conducted at a small rural school in the north east of Thailand to investigate the pronunciation errors that primary school students make when reading English aloud. This paper illustrates the opportunities and challenges of employing speech recognition software in rural classrooms by using it with specifically…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Reading Difficulties, Error Patterns, Elementary School Students
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2021
Background: Mobile e-books together with Blackboard LMS and Elluminate were integrated and used as extensive reading activities, i.e., as a supplement to in-class reading instruction. The aim of the activity was to develop EFL struggling freshman student readers enhance their reading skills through short, simplified e-books. Materials and Methods:…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Electronic Publishing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Baker, Fiona S. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
This study explores the expectations and early and subsequent realities of text-to-speech software for 24 nonnative-English-speaking college students who were experiencing reading difficulties in their freshman year of college. The study took place over two semesters in one academic year (from September to June) at a community college on the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Reading Difficulties, Diaries
Albashtawi, Abeer H.; Jaganathan, Paramaswari; Singh, Manjet – Higher Education Studies, 2016
This study aimed to investigate the linguistic knowledge aspect in academic reading, the challenges and the deployed strategies by English major undergraduates at a Jordanian institution of higher education. The importance of the study is attributed to the importance of the academic reading at university which is closely related to the academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Coleman, Mari Beth; Killdare, Laura K.; Bell, Sherry Mee; Carter, Amanda M. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of text-to-speech software on reading fluency and comprehension for four postsecondary students with below average reading fluency and comprehension including three students diagnosed with learning disabilities and concomitant conditions (e.g., attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, seizure…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Computer Software, Korean
Peer reviewedDavis, James N. – CALICO Journal, 1992
It is argued that software developers should use a combination of methodologies to determine the reading difficulties of lower-level foreign language students. The Penn State experience with ClearText is reported. (12 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, French, Needs Assessment
McKenna, Michael C., Ed.; Labbo, Linda D., Ed.; Kieffer, Ronald D., Ed.; Reinking, David, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2006
This "Handbook" provides a comprehensive and international representation of state-of-the art research, theory, and practice related to principal areas in which significant developments are occurring in the study of literacy and technology. It offers a glimpse of the commonalities faced by literacy educators around the world, together…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Software, Internet, Teacher Education
