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Jiexin Lin; Haomin Stanley Zhang; Xiaoyu Lin – Educational Psychology, 2025
This study examined the unified model of phonological transfer in English reading comprehension and the mediating effects of bilingual decoding skills. Grade 4 Chinese Mandarin learners of English (N = 256) completed a series of tests including tone and stress sensitivity, Chinese and English segmental phonological awareness, Chinese and English…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Decoding (Reading)
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Coates, Robert Alexander Graham; Gorham, Judith; Nicholas, Richard – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2017
Recent neurological breakthroughs in our understanding of the Critical Period Hypothesis and prosody may suggest strategies on how phonics instruction could improve L2 language learning and in particular phoneme/grapheme decoding. We therefore conducted a randomised controlled-trial on the application of prosody and phonics techniques, to improve…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Phonics, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Paige, David D.; Magpuri-Lavell, Theresa – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2014
In this article we discuss the specifics of reading fluency and provide suggestions for identifying when reading is fluent and when it is not. We then discuss the important role that reading fluency plays in the attainment of literacy achievement and briefly review research results that highlight the relationship between fluency and comprehension.…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Middle School Students, High School Students, English (Second Language)
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Papadima-Sophocleous, Salomi; Charalambous, Marina – The EUROCALL Review, 2014
In recent years the use of new technologies has been extensively explored in different aspects of language learning pedagogy. The objective of this research was to investigate the impact Repeated Reading activity, supported by iPod Touch could have on the English Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) of second language university students with Special…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Handheld Devices, Oral Reading, Reading Fluency