Previous Issues

2011
Volume 23, No. 2

 

From the Editors

Regular Articles

Extensive Reading

Driven to read: Enthusiastic readers in a Japanese high school's extensive reading program

Patrick B. Judge

The paper reports on a long-term, multi-case study examining the motivations of avid readers in an extensive reading program at …

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The Reading Process

The effects of embedded questions and elaborative interrogation questions on L2 reading comprehension

Cindy Brantmeier; Aimee Callender; Mark McDaniel

With 97 advanced second language (L2) learners of Spanish, the present study utilized domain specific texts to examine the effects …

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Lexis

Beginning students' perceptions of effective activities for Chinese character recognition

Jing Wang; Christine H. Leland

This study investigates what beginning learners of Chinese perceive as helpful in learning to recognize characters. Thirteen English-speaking participants in …

208

Discussions

Discussion Forum

Feeding, breeding, extinction, and river length: Problems with treating words like species - Comments on Meara & Olmos Alcoy (2010)

John Racine

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Reviews

Studies in Language Testing 29: Examining Reading: Research and Practice in Assessing Second Language Reading by Hana Khalifa and Cyril Weir

Zahir Mumin

225
Real Reading: Creating an Authentic Reading Experience 1-4 by Lynn Bonesteel, David Wiese & Alive Savage (Eds.)

Pakize Uludag; CeAnne Myers

231

Feature

Readings in L2 Readings

Reading on L2 reading: Publications in other venues 2010-2011

Cindy Brantmeier; Xiucheng Yu; Tracy van Bishop

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