Previous Issues

2014
Volume 26, No. 1

 

From the Editors

Regular Articles

Graded Readers

Jumping from the highest graded readers to ungraded novels: Four case studies

Jez Uden; Diane Schmitt; Norbert Schmitt

This study follows a small group of learners in the UK to the end of a graded reading program using …

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Extensive Reading

Pleasure reading and reading rate gains

David Beglar; Alan Hunt

This study investigated the effects of (a) the amount of pleasure reading completed, (b) the type of texts read (i.e., …

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Pleasure reading behavior and attitude of non-academic ESL students: A replication study

Eunseok Ro; Cheng-ling Alice Chen

The present study replicated the methods and data analysis of Crawford Camiciottoli’s (2001) study on second language (L2) reading behavior …

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Changes in reading habits by low literate adults through extensive reading

Victoria Rodrigo; Daphne Greenberg; Don Segal

This study analyzes the effect of two reading interventions on reading habits by 181 low literate adults who read at …

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Text Analysis

What's so simple about simplified texts? A computational and psycholinguistic investigation of text comprehension and text processing

Scott A. Crossley; Hae Sung Yang; Danielle S. McNamara

This study uses a moving windows self-paced reading task to assess both text comprehension and processing time of authentic texts …

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The Reading Process

Scoring recalls for L2 readers of English in China: Pausal or idea units

Cindy Brantmeier; Mike Strube; Xiucheng Yu

Written recall may be a powerful tool used to address reading deficiencies in China. With 180 students enrolled in a …

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Reading in Languages other than English

Semantic radical knowledge and word recognition in Chinese for Chinese as foreign language learners

Xiaoxiang Su; Young-Suk Kim

In the present study, we examined the relation of knowledge of semantic radicals to students’ language proficiency and word reading …

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Cognitive and linguistic factors affecting alphasyllabary language users comprehending Chinese text

Mark Shiu Kee Shum; Wing Wah Ki; Che Kan Leong

Two groups of 13 to14-year-old alphasyllabary language users (mainly Hindi and Urdu), in integrated or designated school settings (respectively 40 …

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Discussions

Discussion Forum

Addressing the importance of comprehension to reading: Learning lessons from Chang (2012)

Stuart McLean

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Measuring reading comprehension in an L2 speed reading course: Response to McLean

Anna C-S Chang

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How effective can extensive reading be? Comments on Robb and Kano (2013)

Alan Taylor

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Reviews

Teacher's Sourcebook for Extensive Reading by George Jacobs and Thomas, S. C. Farrell

Mike Misner

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New Ways in Teaching Reading, Revised by Richard R. Day (Ed.)

Kasey Larson

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