Previous Issues

2019
Volume 31, No. 2

 

From the Editors

Regular Articles

Extensive Reading

Two approaches to extensive reading and their effects on L2 vocabulary development

One avenue for developing second language (L2) vocabulary knowledge is through Extensive Reading (ER). ER can provide opportunities for incidental …

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L2 reading rate and word length: The necessity of character-based measurement

Brandon Kramer; Stuart McLean

Reading rate, usually measured in words per minute, is a common operationalization of reading fluency in second language (L2) research …

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Reading in Languages Other Than English

Effects of visual aids on intermediate Chinese reading comprehension

Ting Huang

This study adopted the between-subjects and within-subjects group designs to examine the impact of visual aids on 26 intermediate Chinese …

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Reading Instruction

Pedagogical effects of teaching test-taking strategies to EFL college students

Jia-Ying Lee

This study, an 18-week comparative experiment, examined the effects of instruction in test-taking strategy in English as a foreign language …

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Graded Readers

Reading anxiety scales: Do they measure the same construct?

Hitoshi Mikami

This article discusses the interchangeability of three self-report measures for reading anxiety. Despite their differences in target constructs, the three …

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The Reading Process

Selective attention of L2 learners in task-based reading online

Caleb Prichard; Andrew Atkins

Selective attention to task-relevant content is an essential strategy for readers. There is evidence that proficient readers more often consider …

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Discussions

Discussion Forum

Response to Aka: Supplementing extensive reading with bi- & multi-modal input

Meredith Stephens

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Response to the critiques of the Aka (2019) article, “Reading performance of Japanese high school learners following a one-year extensive reading program”

Natsuki Aka

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Is children’s literature as hard as scholarly articles about children’s literature? A comment on Macalister and Webb (2019)

Jeff McQuillan

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Why might children’s literature be difficult for non-native speakers of English?

Stuart Webb; John Macalister

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On reading Harry Potter in French

John Macalister

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Feature

Readings on L2 Readings

Readings on L2 reading: Publications in other venues 2018–2019

Shenika Harris; Tim Cavnar; Haley Dolosic

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