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Direct linkSteven J. Carter; Matthew P. Wilcox; Neil J. Anderson – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2023
This research presents a novel reading fluency (rf) measurement formula that accounts for both reading rate and comprehension. Possible formulas were investigated with 68 participants in a strategic reading course in an IEP at a small Pacific Island university. The selected formula's scores demonstrated concurrent validity through strong…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Silent Reading, Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension
Aydinbek, Canan – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of reading strategies instruction on the reading achievement of learners of the French and to identify the views of the participants on the effect of said strategies. Research Methods: To achieve that objective, a one-group pretest-posttest model was used. The participants were 32 Turkish…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Achievement, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Tonekaboni, Fateme Roohani; Ravand, Hamdollah; Rezvani, Reza – International Journal of Language Testing, 2021
Investigating the processes underlying test performance is a major source of data supporting the explanation inference in the validity argument (Chappelle, 2021). One way of modeling the cognitive processes underlying test performance is by constructing a Q-matrix, which is essentially about summarizing the attributes explaining test-takers'…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, High Stakes Tests, Inferences
Gass, Susan; Van Gorp, Koen; Winke, Paula – Foreign Language Annals, 2019
This study represents program-level action research. A U.S. university Spanish language program had a goal for students to reach the ACTFL (2012) Intermediate Mid level after 2 years. An empirical question that resulted after regular end-of-year testing was whether the students were doing their best on assessments. To investigate this, 253…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
Cheng, Junyu; Matthews, Joshua – Language Testing, 2018
This study explores the constructs that underpin three different measures of vocabulary knowledge and investigates the degree to which these three measures correlate with, and are able to predict, measures of second language (L2) listening and reading. Word frequency structured vocabulary tests tapping "receptive/orthographic (RecOrth)…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Correlation
Lubis, Azhar Aziz; Sulistyo, Gunadi Harry – Dinamika Ilmu, 2018
This factorial quasi-experimental 2 x 2 study aimed to corroborate the effect of PRWR strategy, compared to Translation and Reading Aloud, on students' academic content-area reading comprehension as observed from their English proficiency. This study also examined the interaction between the strategy and English proficiency. Data were obtained…
Descriptors: Evidence, Evidence Based Practice, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Innovation
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)
Lehto, Marja-Liisa; Maijala, Minna – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
Since Finnish is not an Indo-European language, studying foreign languages in general and then also studying special fields through the medium of foreign languages may provide an extra difficulty for Finnish students. Most university language centres in Finland have organized reading comprehension courses in several foreign languages for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
