Previous Issues

2014
Volume 26, No. 2

 

From the Editors

Regular Articles

Lexis

How much input do you need to learn the most frequent 9,000 words?

Paul Nation

This study looks at how much input is needed to gain enough repetition of the 1st 9,000 words of English …

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Extensive Reading

Reading rate gains during a one-semester extensive reading course

Jeffrey Huffman

Extensive reading (ER) is an effective way to provide large amounts of comprehensible input to foreign language learners, but many …

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Methods and Materials

Toward independent L2 readers: Effects of text adjuncts, subject knowledge, L1 reading, and L2 proficiency

Cindy Brantmeier; JoAnn Hammadou Sullivan; Michael Strube

With 97 learners in an advanced Spanish course, the study examines the effects of textual enhancement adjuncts, prior subject knowledge, …

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The Reading Process

Strategic processing and predictive inference generation in L2 reading

Shingo Nahatame

Predictive inference is the anticipation of the likely consequences of events described in a text. This study investigated predictive inference …

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Reviews

Reading Assessment: Linking Language, Literacy, and Cognition by Melissa Lee Farrall

Kamal Heidari Soureshjani

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Phonological Awareness and Reading Acquisition: An Educational Proposal for Introducing English in Italian Preschools by Verusca Costenaro

Haomin Zhang

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Feature

Readings on L2 Readings

Reading on L2 reading: Publications in other venues 2013-2014

Cindy Brantmeier; Lyndsie Schultz; Cristian Aquino-Sterling; Tracy Van Bishop

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