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Direct linkFujii, Kazuma – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2022
The purpose of this study is to examine whether a difference exists in TOEIC Bridge® Institutional Program scores between Japanese English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students at a technical college who did extensive reading (ER) for one year and those who did ER for two years. Furthermore, by dividing the students who experienced ER for two years…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Scores, Test Preparation, Second Language Learning
Savasçi, Merve; Akyel, Ayse Semra – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2022
This quasi-experimental study aims to investigate the effects of Sustained Silent Reading (SSR), Assisted Repeated Reading (ARR), and Traditional Reading (TR) instructions integrated into an EFL reading program on EFL reading comprehension, silent reading rate, reading motivation, and attitudes toward EFL reading, by also addressing the potential…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Download full textTaylor, Charlie – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2021
In this article, Charlie Taylor offers a commentary on Yang et al.'s 2021 "Reading in a Foreign Language" article, "Text Difficulty in Extensive Reading: Reading Comprehension and Reading Motivation." In their study, Yang et al. analyzed the effects of text difficulty on the reading comprehension and motivation of high school…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Durongbhandhu, Nunpaporn; Suwanasilp, Danuchawat – English Language Teaching, 2021
Vocabulary is an essential factor in English language learning. The competency in vocabulary acquisition enables learners to develop their language skills, especially, reading skill. Presently, with the advent of technology, teaching media with visual aid is used worldwide for media-assisted language learning. The study aimed to develop, implement…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Stephens, Meredith – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2019
Aka (2019) conducted an year-long large-scale study demonstrating that Japanese high school students who undertook extensive reading performed better than a control group who undertook grammatical instruction. Those showing the greatest gains were those of lower and intermediate proficiency. The students' achievement was measured in terms of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, High School Students, Foreign Countries
Décuré, Nicole – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
French science students do not read much in English. Does this reflect their reading habits in their native language? A study in the form of online questionnaires was conducted at Toulouse university which compared their reading habits in French and in English. A further study examined the way one particular group of students conducted their…
Descriptors: French, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Habits
Mikami, Hitoshi – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2019
This article discusses the interchangeability of three self-report measures for reading anxiety. Despite their differences in target constructs, the three scales have been used for similar lines of research. After computing shared variance between the target scales and examining the behavior of anxiety indexes in relation to the amount of graded…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Anxiety, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Measures (Individuals)
Cahyaningati, Desi Tri; Lestari, Lies Amin – International Journal of Language Education, 2018
It is believed that the students' low reading proficiency, as shown in their TOEIC scores, is due to their poor reading habit. One of the ways to overcome such a problem is by facilitating them with a lot of reading practices in an extensive reading program. Since today non-printed multimodal texts (NPMT) and Linear texts (LT) are available in the…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Reading Skills, Reading Tests, Reading Habits
Mak, Barley S. Y.; Cheung, Alan C. K.; Guo, Xin; Abrami, Philip C.; Wade, Anne – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
The current paper examined the effects of A Balanced Reading Approach for Children Always Designed to Achieve Best Results for All (ABRA), a web-based literacy programme developed by the the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP) at Concordia University, on primary school children in Hong Kong. The participants were 249 Primary 1…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness
Grossen, Bonnie; Muthukrishna, Nithi; Naidoo, Jaqueline T. – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2016
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a text-based (TB) English structured language development programme and a teacher-designed standards-based (SB) English instructional model. The sample of this study comprised of 500 Samoan children, in Kindergarten (K) and Grade 1 (G1), on the island of American Samoa attending eight…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Kindergarten
Smadi, Oqlah; Alshra'ah, Malek – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The study investigated the effect of a reading instructional program based on the strategies of successful readers on Jordanian secondary stage students' reading comprehension in English. The participants of the study were 50 first secondary stage male students who were chosen purposefully from the northwestern badia directorate of education.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Instructional Effectiveness
Mermelstein, Aaron David – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2015
This study's purpose is to seek out methods of improving reading and writing for EFL learners. This one-year study focuses on an enhanced design of extensive reading (ER) towards improving learners' writing abilities. Pre- and posttests used the Jacobs, Zingraf, Wormoth, Hartfield, and Hughey (1981) measurement of writing, including content,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Shih, Ying-Chun – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2015
The effects of extensive reading on EFL context have been examined with a variety of studies. This study examined the impact of extensive reading on reading proficiency while the participants were taught reading strategies. Furthermore, this study explored whether there were any differences between intervention and control groups on the reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Majors (Students), English (Second Language), Intervention
Fattah, Said Fathy El Said Abdul – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The emergence of web 2.0 technologies has created new opportunities and challenges in the field of second and foreign language learning. Among all web 2.0 tools, blogs can be considered the most well-known one. The present study was an attempt to determine the effectiveness of using blogs as an independent learning tool to develop students'…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Student Journals, Electronic Journals, Teaching Methods
Stoeckel, Tim; Reagan, Nevitt; Hann, Fergus – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2012
Extensive reading (ER) has become a common feature of many English as a second or foreign language (ESL/EFL) programs. There is evidence that reading large amounts of easy, interesting material may improve foreign language skills, most notably in vocabulary, reading rates, and overall proficiency. However, teacher evaluation of extensive reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, English (Second Language), Second Language Programs
