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Direct linkDiCicco, Michael; Shanahan, Eileen – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2024
Engaging college students in purposeful academic tasks designed to foster both reading and writing competencies requires calculated decision-making regarding the goals and benefits of the literacy tasks used in college courses. Consequently, we explore text reformulation as a literacy strategy that aims to enrich students' reading and writing…
Descriptors: College Students, Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Writing Instruction
Chen, Tianxu; Zhang, Dongbo – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
Grammatical and vocabulary knowledge (i.e., breadth and depth) are widely acknowledged as key predictors of reading comprehension in a second language (L2). However, it remains unclear how different aspects of vocabulary depth may independently contribute to L2 reading comprehension and how learners' proficiency may moderate the relative…
Descriptors: Grammar, Vocabulary, Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension
Kuperman, Victor; Siegelman, Noam; Schroeder, Sascha; Acartürk, Cengiz; Alexeeva, Svetlana; Amenta, Simona; Bertram, Raymond; Bonandrini, Rolando; Brysbaert, Marc; Chernova, Daria; Da Fonseca, Sara Maria; Dirix, Nicolas; Duyck, Wouter; Fella, Argyro; Frost, Ram; Gattei, Carolina A.; Kalaitzi, Areti; Lõo, Kaidi; Marelli, Marco; Nisbet, Kelly; Papadopoulos, Timothy C.; Protopapas, Athanassios; Savo, Satu; Shalom, Diego E.; Slioussar, Natalia; Stein, Roni; Sui, Longjiao; Taboh, Analí; Tønnesen, Veronica; Usal, Kerem Alp – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
Research into second language (L2) reading is an exponentially growing field. Yet, it still has a relatively short supply of comparable, ecologically valid data from readers representing a variety of first languages (L1). This article addresses this need by presenting a new data resource called "MECO L2" (Multilingual Eye Movements…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Eye Movements, Reading Skills, College Students
Download full textYu, Shuying – English Language Teaching, 2022
People frequently struggle with comprehending the text they read and require more intensive support to develop proficiency in reading comprehension. Some find it perplexing observing all the elements and constituents of the paragraph theory. Good readers, however, can understand what a paragraph is by studying the conjunction relationships between…
Descriptors: Paragraph Composition, Reading Comprehension, Text Structure, Form Classes (Languages)
Timothy S. Nelson; Mohammed Albakry – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2024
Reporting verbs (RVs) are commonly used features in academic texts. While college textbook authors are less likely to be transparent about their views, they frequently employ RVs to signal their attitudes about the claims and findings of others. University students, particularly those placed in transitional reading courses, however, may have…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Persuasive Discourse, Verbs, Reading Instruction
Primor, Liron; Yeari, Menahem; Katzir, Tami – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
Multiple text integration is a challenging task, but it is essential for studying and developing digital literacy, and is therefore critical to promote among students. However, the conditions that may support multiple text integration for different reader profiles have not been thoroughly studied. Therefore, based on single text research, the…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Profiles, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills
Joseph P. Magliano; Amani Talwar; Daniel P. Feller; Zuowei Wang; Tenaha O'Reilly; John Sabatini – Grantee Submission, 2023
There is a range of reasons why college students may be underprepared to read, but one possibility is that some college students are below a threshold of proficiency in the component skills of reading. The presence of thresholds means that when students fall below that threshold, their proficiency in that component skill of reading is not…
Descriptors: College Students, Reading Skills, Reading Achievement, Comprehension
Joseph P. Magliano; Amani Talwar; Daniel P. Feller; Zuowei Wang; Tenaha O'Reilly; John Sabatini – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
There is a range of reasons why college students may be underprepared to read, but one possibility is that some college students are below a threshold of proficiency in the component skills of reading. The presence of thresholds means that when students fall below that threshold, their proficiency in that component skill of reading is not…
Descriptors: College Students, Reading Skills, Reading Achievement, Comprehension
Helen H. Shen; Dexin Dai – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2024
This study investigated college Chinese a second language learners' word segmentation error patterns in reading instructional-level Chinese sentences, the relationship between word segmentation errors and reading comprehension, and learners' perspectives on the role of word segmentation in reading comprehension. The results showed that the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Chinese, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Puangpunsi, Nualpen – THAITESOL Journal, 2021
Meaningful learning should bring learners to meet their entire goals--both an achievement in academic skills and everyday life skills. This current study focused on the implementation of project-based learning (PBL) in an EFL classroom for young adult learners at a university level. The study aimed at the development of students' performance in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Student Projects, Teaching Methods
Iftanti, Erna – Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, 2023
The shifting mode of teaching reading comprehension from offline to online due to COVID-19 pandemic has changed the EFL students' anxiety and attitude toward reading. Studies on this topic particularly in the context of Islamic Higher Education have not been much explored. This paper is then aimed at revealing the EFL students' anxiety and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Student Attitudes
Mohammad Awad Al-Dawoody Abdulaal; Iman El-Nabawi Abdel Wahed Shaalan; Maryumah Heji Alenazi; Wael Matar Alharbi; Naglaa Fathy Mohammad Atia Abuslema – SAGE Open, 2024
Based on a sociocultural theory and a plethora of experiential studies on the efficacy of scaffolding on foreign language learning, the goal of this research article is to examine the effectiveness of diverse types of scaffolding on university students' lexical digesting and reading perception from a sociocultural standpoint. Using the Harvard…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Teacher Role, Peer Relationship, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Daniel P. Feller; John Sabatini; Joseph P. Magliano – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2024
This study was conducted to better understand the difficulties faced by underprepared college readers, including those enrolled in Developmental Education (DE) programs. The Reading Systems Framework was used as a theoretical motivation. Participants (n = 258) completed a measure of component reading skills (Study Aid and Reading Assessment, word…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Developmental Studies Programs, Reading Skills, Predictor Variables
Beatriz Ortega-Ruipérez; Ana Pereles; Miguel Lázaro – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2024
Aim/Purpose: The aim of the study is to test whether the perception of self-regulated learning during text reading in online teacher education is improved by using a digital tool for the use of metacognitive strategies for planning, monitoring, and self-assessment. Background: The use of self-regulated learning is important in reading skills, and…
Descriptors: Reading, Online Courses, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Technology
Chen, Huilin; Cai, Yuyang; de la Torre, Jimmy – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2023
This study uses a cognitive diagnosis model (CDM) approach to investigate the associations among specific L2 reading subskills. Participants include 1,203 Year-4 English major college students randomly selected from the nationwide test takers of Band 8 of Test for English Majors (TEM8), a large-scale English proficiency test for senior English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Majors (Students)
