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A Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling Exploration of EFL Learners' Perceptions of What Contributes to the Readability of Model Paragraphs
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Tuyen Thanh Nguyen; John R. Baker; Thao Quang Le – SAGE Open, 2024
This study investigated what features undergraduate EFL learners perceive as affecting the difficulty of model paragraphs. Four hundred and seventy-five Vietnamese undergraduates participated in a partial least squares structural equation model design. They ranked five paragraphs from easiest to most difficult and responded to a 10-point Likert…
Descriptors: Readability, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
A Quantitative Study of Reading Comprehension, Text Readability, and Demographic Variables among Multilingual East African Students in Theological Education
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Misti Shelton – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Uganda Baptist Seminary (UBS) is accredited by the Ugandan National Council for Higher Education and teaches church leaders from Uganda and its surrounding seven countries. The required language of educational instruction is English, although the students come from a multitude of different native languages. This research stems from a need to…
Descriptors: Churches, Multilingualism, Trend Analysis, Christianity
Differences in Students' Reading Comprehension of International Financial Reporting Standards: A South African Case
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Coetzee, Stephen A.; Janse van Rensburg, Cecile; Schmulian, Astrid – Accounting Education, 2016
This study explores differences in students' reading comprehension of International Financial Reporting Standards in a South African financial reporting class with a heterogeneous student cohort. Statistically significant differences were identified for prior academic performance, language of instruction, first language and enrolment in the…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Standards, Accounting, Intervention
Reading English in Asia. The First Yearbook of Literacy and Languages in Asia, International Reading Association Special Interest Group.
Kim, Byong Won, Ed. – 1984
Focusing on instruction in the English language arts by students for whom English is a second language, this yearbook contains the papers from the precongress institute, "Reading English in Asia," of the tenth International Reading Association World Congress on Reading--held in Hong Kong in 1984. Part 1 contains "Linguistic Theories and L2…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cloze Procedure, Context Clues, Cultural Context