Transfer Effects of Repeated EFL Reading on Reading New Passages: A Preliminary Investigation

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Volume 14, No. 1

contributor.author:

Taguchi, Etsuo Gorsuch, Greta J.

date.accessioned:

2020-05-22T01:56:39Z

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2020-05-22T01:56:39Z

date.issued:

2002-04

description.abstract:

In English as a foreign language (EFL) contexts, there has been a growing recognition that reading provides important opportunities for second language (L2) development in second language learners (Day & Bamford, 1998). This is particularly true in EFL settings in which sources of L2 input are limited (Gebhard, 1996). However, EFL learners face a number of problems effectively utilizing reading as a venue for L2 development. One of the more salient problems is that EFL learners' reading rates may be slow, indicating that they are reading laboriously word by word (Coady, 1979). Mikulecky (1990) suggests that L2 readers are trapped in a feeling of security, in that they believe reading every word leads to better understanding of the text meaning. Unfortunately, such slow reading may discourage learners from practicing reading. It is clear that methods that help students learn to read faster and with better comprehension may encourage students to read more and more fully utilize opportunities for growth in the L2 through reading. This study focuses on one such method -- repeated reading (RR) -- and its use with nine first year Japanese university EFL students of beginner to intermediate English proficiency.

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endingpage:

65

identifier.doi:

10125/66583

identifier.issn:

1539-0578

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http://hdl.handle.net/10125/66583

number:

1

publisher:

University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology

rfl.topic:

The Reading Process

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/rfl/item/54

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43

subject:

repeated reading reading transfer reading rates reading fluency reading comprehension

title:

Transfer Effects of Repeated EFL Reading on Reading New Passages: A Preliminary Investigation

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Article

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Text

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14