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Download full textHooper, Martin – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2020
Trend results from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) show a decline from 2001 through 2016 in most countries in fourth graders' and their parents' reading attitudes, as measured by students like reading and parents like reading scale scores. Average students like reading scale scores, as reported by the students…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Grade 4, Reading Achievement
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Direct linkKhajavy, Gholam Hassan; Pourtahmasb, Fereshteh; Li, Chengchen – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2022
Purpose: The present study investigated the domain-specificity of language mindset with a focus on foreign language (L2) reading mindset. We further examined whether L2 reading mindset could predict several L2 reading-specific outcomes, including L2 reading achievement and L2 reading emotions above and beyond general language mindset.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Achievement, Reading Attitudes
Akbari, Hadi; Ghonsooly, Behzad; Ghazanfari, Mohammad; Ghapanchi, Zargham – Reading Psychology, 2019
The systematic study of second language (L2) reading motivation has been a more recent topic in L2 motivation literature. The purpose of the current study was to highlight the role of L2 reading attitudes in developing the construct of L2 reading motivation. Participants of the study included 192 Iranian EFL learners at B1 level of language…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Namaziandost, Ehsan; Dehkordi, Maryam Khodaverdian; Alipour, Poupak; Tilwani, Shouket Ahmad – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2020
This study investigated the impact of spaced and massed instruction on foreign language reading motivation and reading attitude among Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners. To fulfil this objective, 60 Iranian participants were chosen among 120 students based on the results of Oxford Quick Placement Test (OQPT). The selected pre-intermediate…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Akbari, Hadi; Ghonsooly, Behzad; Ghazanfari, Mohammad; Shahriari, Hesamodin – SAGE Open, 2017
L2 reading attitude has been the subject of more recent studies in English as a Foreign Language (EFL), and many have attempted to define this construct and find its correlates such as gender and L1 and L2 proficiency level. This study builds on the previous studies and aims at highlighting the connection between L2 and L1 reading attitudes and…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Native Language, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Mahdizadeh, Molood; Aminafshar, Naeemeh – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
Learning English is one of the most important activities around the world. Learning a language includes a number of skills and sub-skills. Reading is one of the skills of language learning, and it is the focus of the present study. Comprehension and speed are two main parts of the reading skill. The main aim of this study is to investigate the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pretests Posttests
Ardeshir, Danesh; Shirkhani, Servat – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2015
This study investigates learners' attitudes towards poetry in foreign language learning. 63 Engineering Students at Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch attended the study. The instrument used in the study was a questionnaire designed by the researchers for the purpose of this study. The questionnaire consisted of 12 questions…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Poetry, Second Language Instruction, Engineering Education
Hassanpour, Masoumeh; Ghonsooly, Behzad; Nooghabi, Mehdi Jabbari; Shafiee, Mohammad Naser – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2017
This quasi-experimental study examined the relationship between students' metacognitive awareness and willingness to read English medical texts. So, a model was proposed and tested using structural equation modeling (SEM) with R software. Participants included 98 medical students of two classes. One class was assigned as the control group and the…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reading Comprehension, Medical Education, Intervention
Karbalaei, Alireza – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2010
The notion of "learner beliefs" has garnered much attention in the field of second language acquisition. Although different studies have been conducted to study learners' beliefs about language learning, little research has looked into the issue of L2 readers' beliefs and their relations to reading strategies. This study investigated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
