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Direct linkCindy Brantmeier; Dorothy Pokua Agyepong; Amanda Dube; Michael Strube; Jacaranda Van Rheenen; Jessie Wills; Uma Paithankar; Rachel G. A. Thompson; Lisbeth M. Brevik; Greta Björk Gudmundsdottir; Christi Smith; Thammatat Vorawandthanachai; Fred Ssewamala; Proscovia Nabunya – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2025
This study is a renewed effort for applying theory and research in Applied Linguistics (ApL) to today's healthcare needs. Previously, to analyze language use with linguistically diverse patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers bridged self-assessment (SA) research in ApL to Public Health through the development of an instrument used with…
Descriptors: Patients, Health Services, Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension
Download full textJohansson, Baran – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2022
Previous studies have found that phonological processing and vocabulary predict word reading. However, their predictive powers may vary according to reading experience and across scripts with different levels of transparency. In this study, the relationship between phonological processing, decoding, vocabulary and word reading was explored in two…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Swedish, Language Skills, Reading Skills
Hartshorn, K. James; Evans, Norman W.; Egbert, Jesse; Johnson, Amy – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2017
English-medium institutions of higher education host increasing numbers of English-as-a second-language (ESL) learners in the US. English language skill is vital to their progress. Previous research examined reading challenges and expectations faculty have for their first-year students within five popular majors for international students…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Students, College Faculty
Plakans, Lia; Bilki, Zeynep – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2016
This study of English as a second language (ESL) reading textbooks investigates cohesion in reading passages from 27 textbooks. The guiding research questions were whether and how cohesion differs across textbooks written for beginning, intermediate, and advanced second language readers. Using a computational tool called Coh-Metrix, textual…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Textbooks, Reading Instruction
Loh, Jason Kok Khiang – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2009
This case study investigates whether teachers model reading in 1 Singapore primary school during an exercise called "uninterrupted sustained silent reading" (USSR) carried out in the classroom. Even though reading is an important determinant of a student's growth in language skills and ability, and modeling the act of reading is…
Descriptors: Sustained Silent Reading, Reading Programs, Interviews, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedFox, Jeremy – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1987
Examines arguments both for and against using computer-assisted learning (CAL) techniques in the development of reading skills, covering the advantages of control, interaction, power, and versatility. CAL's disadvantages include affective demands, logistics, and methodological limitations. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Language Skills, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills
Peer reviewedChikalanga, I. W. – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1993
Investigates the performance on different types of inference questions of 2 groups of Zambian secondary school students at grade 10 and grade 8. The texts used were "familiar" (Zambian-focused) or "unfamiliar" (British-focused). Results showed that grade 10 students performed significantly better than grade 8 students. (38…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 10, Grade 8
Peer reviewedPino-Silva, Juan – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1993
Describes a self-instruction procedure designed to provide students of science and technology at the tertiary level with a basic vocabulary in a foreign language of around 1,000 items. The technique represents an efficient method for bridging the gap between the vocabulary that beginning L2 students possess and that required to read L2 scientific…
Descriptors: College Students, English for Science and Technology, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHirsh, David; Nation, Paul – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1992
The types of vocabulary in three short novels were analyzed to determine the text coverage of the most frequent 2,000 words of English, and the vocabulary needed to gain 97-98% coverage of the running words in each text. It was found that a 5,000-word vocabulary was necessary for adequate coverage in pleasure reading. (Contains nine references.)…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Foreign Countries, Language Skills, Novels
