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Khoshsima, Hooshang; Saed, Amin; Mousaei, Fatemeh – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
Language proficiency tests have become common instruments to judge people based on their performance. Thus, the scores on language proficiency tests, such as the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), play a crucial role in the test-takers' lives. Because of increasing demands on…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Test Wiseness
Juliana – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
The study compared the use of the lexical glossing and inferencing strategies that impact toward the students' reading comprehension. The objective of the study was to find out the effective strategy to use for enhancing the students' reading comprehension. The population of the study was 40 Informatics Systems students of Potensi Utama…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods, Inferences
Mohammadian, Amir; Saed, Amin; Shahi, Younes – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
With the development of educational technology, the concept of technology-enhanced multimedia instructions is using widely in the educational settings. Technology can be employed in teaching different skills such as listening, reading, speaking and writing. Among these skills, reading comprehension is the skill in which EFL learners have some…
Descriptors: Video Technology, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Adelnia, Rezvan; Salehi, Hadi – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
This study is an attempt to investigate impact of using a technique, namely, genre-based approach on improving reading ability on Iranian EFL learners' achievement. Therefore, an attempt was made to compare genre-based approach to teaching reading with traditional approaches. For achieving this purpose, by administering the Oxford Quick Placement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Skills, English (Second Language), Literary Genres
Karimi, Mehrnoosh; Hamzavi, Raouf – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The present study aimed at investigating the effect of flipped model of instruction on EFL learners' reading comprehension ability. Moreover, this study aimed at identifying EFL students' attitudes toward flipped model of instruction. To this end, 60 EFL learners studying at an accredited private language institute in Isfahan were first…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Abdelaal, Noureldin Mohamed; Sase, Amal Saleh – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
This study investigates the relationship between prior knowledge and reading comprehension in second language among postgraduate students in UPM. Participants in the study were 20 students who have the same level in English as a second language from several faculties. On the basis of a prior-knowledge questionnaire and test, students were…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Prior Learning, Graduate Students, English (Second Language)
Al-Noori, Bushra Saadoon Mohammed – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
This study aims at measuring the amount of the effect of the reader's background knowledge on performance in reading comprehension tests through the assessment of information gained in reading comprehension (RC) tests across-four testing techniques, short answer questions ,true-false items, multiple-choice items, and cloze test and re-test. This…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Correlation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Majuddin, Elvenna – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
This study investigated the effects of differing densities of glossing on the uptake of target words and the comprehension of idea units from a reading text. The focus was whether different densities of glossing would create trade-off effects. Thirty-three Malaysian ESL learners were assigned to three different conditions: high-density glossing,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning