Previous Issues

2016
Volume 28, No. 2

Special Issue: Celebrating Linguistically Diverse Learners of St. Louis: Responsive Research and Practice for Literacy

 

From the Editors

From the Guest Editor

Cindy Brantmeier

Special Issue

Reading Instruction

The complexity of second language reading: Investigating the L1-L2 relationship

This article contributes to the field of reading assessment in English as a second language (L2). Few reading studies have …

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The Reading Process

Proficiency as a variable in Gulf EFL students’ employment of reading strategies

Martin J. Endley

This paper reports a study of the reading strategies used by twelve Arabic-speaking undergraduates at a major Gulf university when …

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Lexis

Exploring learner factors in second language (L2) incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading

Aiping Zhao; Ying Guo; Carrie Biales; Arnold Olszewski

This study examined the predictive role of several learner factors in second language (L2) incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading, including: …

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Regular Articles

Extensive Reading

The effectiveness of ER on reading proficiency: A meta-analysis

Eun-Young Jeon; Richard R. Day

A meta-analysis was performed to investigate the impact of extensive reading (ER) on reading proficiency. This study gathered 71 unique …

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Reading Instruction

Investigating connections among reading, writing, and language development: A multiliteracies perspective

Kate Paesani

This study explores relationships among reading literature, creative writing, and language development in a university-level advanced French grammar course through …

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Discussions

Special Issue Discussion

The Geospatial analysis of L2 reading achievement: Challenges and opportunities

Elizabeth Thorne-Wallington

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Discussion Forum

Numbers or numerology? A response to Nation (2014) and McQuillan (2016)

Thomas Cobb

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Response to Tom Cobb

Paul Nation

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Time, texts, and teaching in vocabulary acquisition: A rebuttal to Cobb (2016)

Jeff McQuillan

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Reviews

Second Language Reading: Cognitive and Psycholinguistic Perspectives by Becky Xi Chen, Vedran Dronjic & Rena Helms-Park

Tianxu Chen

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Feature

Readings on L2 Readings

Readings on L2 reading: Publications in other venues 2015–2016

Shenika Harris; Carolina Bernales; Gabriela Romero-Ghiretti; Haley Dolosic; Huan Liu; Tracy Van Bishop

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