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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"L2 Reading"”.
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Gloss positioning for a gaze aware L2 reading aid
An important aspect of language learning is reading texts written in the learner’s second language (L2). However, reading can be a daunting task for language learners, as text may contain a large amount of unknown vocabulary. We developed a gaze-informed application that has the ability to augment …
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Technology-based Intervention in L2 Reading Comprehension: Toward Digital Scaffolding
… for language learners to enhance their reading comprehension competencies. Despite an increase in access to written input, reading comprehension has stayed challenging for many, including language learners. Digital scaffolding can contribute to improving reading comprehension skills for …
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Type of Glossing Affects Cognitive Load and Retrieval of Meaning During L2 Reading
… role of first language glossing in facilitating reading by describing the results of an intervention using different reading conditions in an English reading programme. In the experiment, a group of undergraduate participants, whose L1 was Spanish, were assigned to one of three experimental …
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Developing L2 reading fluency: Implementation of an assisted repeated reading program with adult ESL learners
… was to investigate whether assisted repeated reading is an effective way for adult second language (L2) learners of English to develop oral and silent reading fluency rates. Reading fluency is an underdeveloped construct in second language studies, both in research and practice. This study …
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The processing of grammatical structures via written input: L2 reading and the input-to-intake phenomenon
… focused on the input-to-intake phenomenon: can L2 learner-readers process grammatical information presented via written input as intake? Three research questions were addressed: (1) What effect does explicitly drawing attention to grammatical items in the input have on L2 learner-readers' …
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Predictors of Second Language Reading Span
… obvious differences between a second language (L2) and a native language (L1). When processing an L2, a person is slower and prone to more errors than when processing an L1. However, the reasons for these differences are not clearly understood. A possible explanation is a limitation in available …
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Maximising the potential of learning through dynamic assessment: A case study of the use of DA to simultaneously evaluate and promote higher order thinking in L2 reading
… evaluate and promote higher order thinking in L2 reading. Based on the notion of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) and the principles of Mediated Learning Experience (MLE), a learning-oriented DA model was proposed with an aim to enable learners to realise their learning potential in …
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The Impact of Topic Familiarity, L2 Reading Proficiency, and L2 Passage Sight Vocabulary on Incidental Vocabulary Gain Through Reading for Adult Learners of Spanish as a Foreign Language
… of the following reader-based variables on L2 incidental vocabulary gain through reading: (a) L2 reading proficiency, (b) L2 passage sight vocabulary, (c) topic familiarity, and (d) course level. A secondary question investigated the presence of any story level effects on gain. Participants …
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The Transferability of Reading Strategies between L1 (Arabic) and L2 (English)
… Libyans university students’ transferability of reading strategies from the first language (Arabic) to the foreign language (English) and vice versa. In a foreign language environment, textbooks are usually the only medium for practising reading in that language. Reading textbooks prescribed in …
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The Dynamic Cognitive Processes of Second Language Reading Fluency
Second language (L2) reading fluency has not received sufficient attention in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) and applied linguistics, especially regarding the types of treatments that promote reading fluency (Grabe, 2009). Hence, this study was a longitudinal, quasi-experimental …
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Cognitive Processes in Second Language Reading (Orthography, Cognition, Bilingualism)
… on cognitive processing in second language (L2) reading. More specifically, two aspects of L1 orthographic effects were examined: (a) the effects of the basic unit of representation on acoustic coding strategies, and (b) the effects of representational properties on lexical processing styles. …
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The effects of illustration inclusion, placement, and type, and target language experience on foreign language learners' comprehension of text
Both first language (L1) and second language (L2) reading research have suggested that illustrations facilitate comprehension, though results have been disparate. Moreover, L2 research has been minimal and many variables shown to be important in the L1 literature have not been manipulated in L2 …
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Examining the Comprehension Strategies of Chinese and English Readers: A Study of Bilingual and Monolingual First, Second and Third Grade Elementary School Students
… with the treatment of strategies in L1 and L2 literature, such as the classification of comprehension strategies and the skill-strategy distinction. In light of these findings, pedagogical, methodological and theoretical implications for L1 and L2 reading are discussed.
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First- versus second-language reading comprehension of literary texts
This study compared the English (L1) and French (L2) reading comprehension and inferencing skills of undergraduates enrolled in an introductory French literature course at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Forty-two participants read opening chapters of two different contes …
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Second Language Reading in a CALL Environment: The effect of annotation use and the role of working memory
… learning has led to increasingly academic reading taking place in a CALL environment. This provides opportunities for multimedia annotations to assist the reading process. However, despite the increased interests and emerging literature in multimedia annotations, research has revealed wide …
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Bridging the gap between research and practice: construction and validation of a CDA-informed English reading test for China's twelfth graders
… direction, most CDA studies of second language (L2) reading tend to identify examinees' mastery of skills by using the existing tests that were not originally designed for diagnostic purposes (e.g., Buck, Tatsuoka, & Kostin, 1997; Kasai, 1997).This has led to inaccurate and/or unsatisfactory …
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Cross disciplinary effects of text factors and language of recall on reading comprehension
Reading theory provides a potentially powerful means of addressing English reading deficiencies and enhancing the reading performance of English as Foreign Language (EFL) students, including those studying at tertiary level in Indonesia. One influential psycholinguistically focused reading theory …
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EFL students' English language knowledge, strategy use and multiple-choice reading test performance: a structural equation modeling approach
In Taiwan, a reading comprehension component is included in the English test of the Senior High Academic Ability Examination (SHAAE) – a national examination which can be regarded as a university entrance examination for students in their final year of senior high. This reading subtest consists of …
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Effekte simultanen Hörens und Lesens auf das L2-Lesen : eine Eyetracking-Studie im Bereich Deutsch als Fremdsprache
… the effects of simultaneous listening and reading on visual information processing, text comprehension, and memory performance of Chinese participants on an advanced level of German as a foreign language (L2) when reading German literary texts. Two conditions were compared: reading (R) and …
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Influence of Reading Proficiency on Text Representation in L1 and L2
… construct multi-level text representation while reading. According to Van Dijk and Kintsch (1983), these are the surface level, textbase level, and situation model level. The current project aimed to explore the effects of reading proficiency on level of text representation in L1 and L2 reading …
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