Previous Issues

2010
Volume 22, No. 2

 

From the Editors

Regular Articles

Reading Instruction

Repeated-reading-based instructional strategy and vocabulary acquisition: A case study of a heritage speaker of Chinese

ZhaoHong Han; Cheng-ling Alice Chen

Repeated reading, a procedure involving repetition of the same text, has received copious attention from first language reading research providing …

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The Reading Process

Examining reading fluency in a foreign language: Effects of text segmentation on L2 readers

Junko Yamashita; Shingo Ichikawa

Grouping words into meaningful chunks is a fundamental process for fluent reading. The present study is an attempt to understand …

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The effect of a timed reading activity on EFL learners: Speed, comprehension, and perceptions

Anna C-S Chang

To develop reading fluency, a 13-week timed reading activity was integrated into a normal curriculum with the aim of improving …

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Graded Readers

Extensive graded reading in the liberal arts and sciences

Joseph Poulshock

For this research, learners did extensive graded reading (EGR) with traditional graded readers, and they also interacted with short graded …

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Self-assessment of word knowledge with graded readers: A preliminary study

Udorn Wan-a-rom

The study investigated how second language (L2) learners self-assessed word knowledge on a page of text taken from a graded …

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Discussions

Discussion Forum

Glossing is sometimes a distraction: Comments on Cheng and Good (2009)

Alan Taylor

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An improper assumption? The treatment of proper nouns in text coverage counts

Dale Brown

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Reviews

Reading in a Second Language: Moving from Theory to Practice by William Grabe

Ryan Richardson

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Second Language Reading Research and Instruction: Crossing Boundaries ZhaoHong Han and Neil J. Anderson (Eds.)

Amanda Lanier Temples

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Connected Words: Word Associations and Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition by Paul Meara

Erice Wallace

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Feature

Readings on L2 Readings

Readings on L2 Reading: Publications in other Venues: 2009-2010

Cindy Brantmeier; Tracy van Bishop; Yu Xiucheng

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