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Peer reviewedCheng, Liying – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1996
Summarizes research findings on academic reading obtained from a questionnaire, two sets of reading tests, and a textbook analysis. Results reveal that the essential reading skills required of foreign language learners and those giving them the most difficulty in their academic studies are skimming, reading more slowly to extract relevant…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Download full textCheng, Liying – 1995
This paper summarizes research findings on academic reading obtained from a questionnaire, two reading tests, and a textbook analysis and discusses essential reading skills required of foreign language (FL) learners in carrying out their academic studies as well as the skills with which they have problems. Results revealed that the essential…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Language Books, Functional Reading, Higher Education
