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Why Reading Is a Challenge for U.S. L2 Learners: The Impact of Cognitive, Ecological, and Psychological Factors in L2 Comprehension
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Sparks, Richard L. – Foreign Language Annals, 2019
Studies have shown that U.S. learners' proficiency in reading and listening comprehension lags behind their ability to decode words. Recent studies have found that even after 3 years of high school L2 courses, U.S. students fail to develop minimal proficiency in reading comprehension. This paper suggests that while cognitive factors (word decoding…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Psychological Patterns, Reading Comprehension