Reading as a Foreign Language

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The Reading Process

Task-induced strategic processing in L2 text comprehension

Yukie Horiba

Strategic text processing was investigated for English as a foreign language learners who processed and recalled a text when they …

Improving reading rates and comprehension through timed repeated reading

Anna C-S Chang; Sonia Millett

Thirteen English as a foreign language students read 26 passages during a 13-week period. Each passage was read five times, …

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Factors underlying second language reading motivation of adult EAP students

Reiko Komiyama

Characteristics of English for Academic Purposes students’ second language (L2) motivation were examined by identifying underlying motivational factors. Using the …

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Reading Instruction

Reading as a social interactive process: The impact of shadow-reading in L2 classrooms

Millie Commander; Maria de Guerrero

Unlike research in reading which focuses on data from individuals reading independently, this study identified second language (L2) college students’ …

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Extensive Reading

L2 extensive reading and flow: Clarifying the relationship

Cheryl Kirchhoff

Among foreign language educators interest in extensive reading is growing along with questions about learner motivation to read. Maintaining learner …

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A case study of extensive reading with an umotivated L2 reader

Eunseok Ro

Extensive reading is gaining credibility as an effective way of boosting students’ affect especially in an English as a Foreign …

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Effective extensive reading outside the classroom: A large-scale experiment

Thomas Robb; Makimi Kano

We report on a large-scale implementation of extensive reading (ER) in a university setting in Japan where all students were …

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Effects of extensive reading on reading attitudes in a foreign language

Junko Yamashita

Extensive reading (ER) is an instructional option steadily gaining support and recognition in second language (L2) reading pedagogy. Even though …