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Download full textOliver, Rhonda; Young, Shahreen – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
The current research examines the effect of two methods of vocabulary training on reading fluency and comprehension of adult English as second language (ESL) tertiary-bound students. The methods used were isolated vocabulary training (bottom-up reading) and vocabulary training in context (top-down reading). The current exploratory and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Quasiexperimental Design, Second Language Instruction
Direct linkDrouin, M. A. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2011
In this study, I examined reported frequency of text messaging, use of textese and literacy skills (reading accuracy, spelling and reading fluency) in a sample of American college students. Participants reported using text messaging, social networking sites and textese more often than was reported in previous (2009) research, and their frequency…
Descriptors: College Students, Spelling, Reading Fluency, Literacy
Biedermann, Britta; Coltheart, Max; Nickels, Lyndsey; Saunders, Steve – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2009
In this paper we investigate whether homophones have "shared" (e.g., Dell, 1990; Levelt, Roelofs, & Meyer, 1999) or "independent" (e.g., Caramazza, Costa, Miozzo, & Bi, 2001) phonological representations. We carried out a homophone reading aloud task with low frequency irregular homophones and matched low frequency…
Descriptors: Speech, Word Frequency, Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Fluency
