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Savasci, Merve; Akyel, Ayse S. – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2022
As a subset of the large-scale research on several issues related to EFL reading comprehension and instruction, this study investigates the potential relationship among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) reading comprehension, silent reading rate, vocabulary knowledge (i.e., receptive and productive vocabulary knowledge), and reading motivation…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Silent Reading
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Aktas, Elif – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2023
Different methods, techniques and strategies are employed in teaching to improve reading, especially comprehension skills to ensure reading motivation. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of readers theater on reading comprehension skills and reading motivation in teaching Turkish as a foreign language. In the study, in which an…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Improvement, Reading Motivation
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Savasçi, Merve; Akyel, Ayse Semra – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2022
This quasi-experimental study aims to investigate the effects of Sustained Silent Reading (SSR), Assisted Repeated Reading (ARR), and Traditional Reading (TR) instructions integrated into an EFL reading program on EFL reading comprehension, silent reading rate, reading motivation, and attitudes toward EFL reading, by also addressing the potential…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kilickaya, Ferit – Online Submission, 2019
In real-life contexts, when we read anything, be it a newspaper article or a supermarket brochure, we usually have some reasons and expectations about what we are going to read or we want to know something because we are just curious. Rarely do we read without any purpose and expectations, and we often know something about the topic that we are…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Reading Attitudes, Reading Processes
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Aydinbek, Canan – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of reading strategies instruction on the reading achievement of learners of the French and to identify the views of the participants on the effect of said strategies. Research Methods: To achieve that objective, a one-group pretest-posttest model was used. The participants were 32 Turkish…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Achievement, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Erten, Ismail Hakki; Zehir Topkaya, Ece; Karakas, Muge – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2010
This article introduces an instrument that has been developed to explore motivation and attitudes of students towards reading in a foreign language (FL). To develop the instrument, initially 123 students were asked a set of qualitative questions to determine their affective reactions to reading in a FL. A content analysis of emergent data yielded…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Linguistics, Second Languages, Reading Motivation