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Beers, Scott F. "Reading fluency and adolescent students' reading processes during writing /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7700.

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Ramirez, Christina Maria. "An investigation of English language and reading skills on reading comprehension for Spanish-speaking English language learners /." view abstract or download file of text, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3024526.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2001.<br>Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 132-143). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Hill, James Carroll. "Dialogic Pedagogy and Reading Comprehension: Examining the Effect of Dialogic Support on Reading Comprehension for Adolescents." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/97829.

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The reading comprehension scores of students in secondary education have been stagnant since the collection of national statistics on reading comprehension began (National Assessment on Educational Progress [NAEP], 2015, 2017, 2019). This study explored the effect of providing dialogic and thematic support on reading comprehension and intertextuality. The theories of dialogic pedagogy (Fecho, 2011; Stewart, 2019) and cognitive flexibility in reading (Spiro et al., 1987), along with the construction-integration model of reading comprehension (Kinstch, 2004) formed the foundation for this study.

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Talbot, Dennis Charles. "Metacognitive strategy training for reading : developing second language learners' awareness of expository text patterns /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B16064768.

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Lee, Kwong-hung. "Bilingual texts : a study of the effects of providing L1 Chinese terms in L2 English texts on text comprehension and on English vocabulary acquisition /." [Hong Kong] : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14709788.

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Eidswick, John. "Influences of Interest on L2 Reading Comprehension." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2014. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/296065.

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CITE/Language Arts<br>Ed.D.<br>In educational psychology, the cognitive and affective motivational variable interest has been demonstrated to have a positive influence on text-based learning outcomes where individuals learn in their first language (L1), yet little interest research has been conducted among second language (L2) learners. Research in L1 contexts also has shown textual concreteness to be an important factor in comprehension and recall with a mediating role in interest processes. Furthermore, gender studies outside of L2 contexts have indicated that gender is an important factor i

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De, Jongh Annie Jeanetta. "The design of diagnostic reading materials for South African learners in the foundation phase using English as the language of learning." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2002. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01222007-092234.

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Nicholls, Kristine Dianne. "A correlational study of reading comprehension in Spanish and English." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1999. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1845.

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Alshammari, Hammad. "Effect of Time Constraint on Second Language Reading Comprehension." OpenSIUC, 2013. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1071.

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This study aimed to investigate the role of time constraint on second language reading comprehension via the recruiting of 47 Saudi participants who were learning English as a second language. Subjects shared similar level of English proficiency; all participants were in their third semester of English at Aljouf University, Saudi Arabia, at the time of data collection. Participants were divided into three time groups; limited (20 minutes), extended (30 minutes), and unlimited (40 minutes). In terms of stimuli, a reading text was adapted from a standard English proficiency exam, TOEFL. The text

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Mikhaylova, Marina Vasilyevina. "Validation of the Reading Level Achievement Test of the English Language Center." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2009. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2884.pdf.

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Yazdani, Gharehaghaj Hooshang. "The effects of reader, text, and task-related variables on EFL reading comprehension and reading strategy choice." Thesis, University of Essex, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.313062.

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Burrows, Lance Paul. "THE EFFECTS OF EXTENSIVE READING AND READING STRATEGIES ON READING SELF-EFFICACY." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2012. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/199091.

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CITE/Language Arts<br>Ed.D.<br>This study is a quasi-experimental, longitudinal investigation into the role that extensive reading and reading strategies play in the cultivation of reading self-efficacy. Conducted over the course of one academic year, how changes in reading self-efficacy translate into changes in reading comprehension was examined. In addition, the participants' perceptions of the utility of extensive reading and reading strategies, and how those perceptions related to reading self-efficacy were investigated. A final goal was to ascertain how retrospective ratings of reading s

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Chung, Kin-tim. "The influence of subject-matter knowledge, English proficiency and audio-visual induced schemata on L2 reading comprehension of scientific discourse." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21572495.

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Crum, Catherine Elizabeth. "Influence of Technology on English Language Learners' Vocabulary, Reading, and Comprehension." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3290.

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Researchers have shown that vocabulary development is a challenge for English Language Learners (ELLs) as they are less prepared to use contextual and linguistic clues to decode unfamiliar vocabulary. Beginning in the upper elementary grades, reading in content areas becomes lengthier and more complex. Technology-supported vocabulary instruction to teach social studies to ELLs is a relatively new concept in the 5th grade classroom. The purpose of this comparative study was to assess the vocabulary and reading comprehension outcomes of ELLs in the content area of 5th grade social studies when t

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Swanepoel, Nadia. "Teaching English reading comprehension to Grade 2 First Additional Language learners." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60983.

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English reading comprehension is an educational challenge worldwide. This study investigated how Grade 2 teachers teach English reading comprehension to First Additional Language (FAL) learners at three selected independent schools in Gauteng where the language of learning and teaching (LoLT) is English. Three English medium independent schools in Gauteng, South Africa participated in the study. The participants at each research site consisted of Grade 2 teachers (main participants) and Grade 2 learners (secondary participants). Grade 2 teachers were selected purposively on the criteria that t

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Vladut, Andreea. "Swedish upper secondary pupils' reading habits and reading comprehension in English in the digital age." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-62673.

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The aim of this study is to investigate if the levels of attainment in national reading comprehension tests in English reflect the types of reading texts which pupils encounter inside and outside the classroom. A further aim is to find out if there is a gender distinction between boys’ and girls’ levels of reading comprehension which can be related to existing reading habits. A questionnaire was completed by upper secondary school pupils of Englishin order to investigate the threeresearch questions. The questionnaire involved 10 questions about the pupils’ reading habits. Furthermore, two read

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Negishi, Masashi. "The latent trait structure of L2 reading comprehension tests." Thesis, University of Reading, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.362051.

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Singhal, Meena. "The effects of reading strategy instruction on the reading comprehension, reading process and strategy use of adult ESL readers." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/248211.

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This dissertation aimed to achieve two goals. First, it investigated the effectiveness of a Web-Based Reading Instruction Program to teach reading strategies to college-level ESL students. In particular, this study examined how such a program may help ESL students learn and practice reading strategies, and develop the academic reading skills, as well as the necessary skills to interpret literary works they are exposed to in their freshman composition courses, in order to improve their overall reading comprehension, strategy use, and reading efficiency. Second, it explored the potentials and li

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Nguyen, Trang Thi Thuy. "THE IMPACT OF BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE AND TIME CONSTRAINT ON READING COMPREHENSION OF VIETNAMESE LEARNERS OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE." OpenSIUC, 2012. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/931.

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Reading in a second language is an interesting area of research because the factors affecting reading have brought about much controversy in related theory and research. Particularly, schema theory has raised long-term debate about whether background knowledge facilitates or impedes reading comprehension. In recognition of such issue, the current research was conducted to examine the impact of background knowledge on second language reading comprehension. Additionally, the impact of time constraint on reading comprehension was also investigated. Thirty-one students of intermediate level of Eng

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Lo, Chi-kin Wilson, and 盧智健. "The effect of phonological input on L2 reading comprehension." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29519524.

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O'Gorman, Elizabeth Teresa. "The effects on reading comprehension and writing skills of training in identifying the status of information in texts." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/HKUTO/record/B38626366.

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Obeid, Hoda. "Think-alouds' effects on first language and second language reading comprehension of English as a foreign language students in a Lebanese context." Thesis, McGill University, 2010. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=94927.

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The present study aimed at investigating the effect of training in think-alouds on Arabic (L1) and English (L2) reading of eighth grade EFL students in a Lebanese private school. Participants were randomly assigned to two groups: Students in one group received training in the use and application of think-aloud reading strategies in narrative and informative English texts; whereas, students in the other group read the same selections according to their regular reading instruction. It was expected that eighth grade EFL students who received training in think-alouds would show better reading com

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Chiang, Chiu-ling, and res cand@acu edu au. "The Effects of Graphic Organizers on Taiwanese Tertiary Students' EFL Reading Comprehension and Attitudes Towards Reading in English." Australian Catholic University. Faculty of Education, 2005. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp77.29082006.

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The present study was a one sample pre- and post-session, quasi experimental design, conducted during an intensive English course in 2003 in Taiwan. Participants were fifty tertiary level freshmen from a medical college in Southern Taiwan. In order to understand the effects of graphic organizers on participants' EFL, reading comprehension and attitudes towards reading in English, quantitative and qualitative data were gathered. Research has shown that the graphic organizer is effective in facilitating reading comprehension and learning attitudes when students construct their own graphic organi

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Cavieres, Lizette, Patricio Escobar, Carla Gallego, et al. "Lexical knowledge and reading comprehension skills in English as a foreign language." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2008. http://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/109759.

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Berman, Isabel Natalie. "Towards a new reading comprehension test based on cognitive theory /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1985. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/10647119.

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Norris, Enju. "Reading comprehension and strategies used by Chinese- and English-background learners of Japanese in reading Kana and Kanji-Kana passages /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18189.pdf.

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Matthews, Mona Magda. "Xhosa-speaking learners reading comprehension in English first additional language : a reading intervention at a township high school." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86284.

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Thesis (MEd)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study focuses on the effect of a reading strategy instruction research intervention on Grade 8 isiXhosa-speaking learners‘ comprehension of English reading texts at a township high school. Throughout the years, South Africans have become increasingly aware of the poor literacy levels of the learners. Results from National Assessment Studies e.g., Annual National Assessments and Systemic Evaluation Assessment, performed annually by the Department of Education, as well as International Assessment Studies e.g., Southern Afric

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Sampson, Neil Edward. "An Extensive Reading Approach to Teaching English Second Language Reading Comprehension with the American Language Institute at the University of Toledo." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1383970960.

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Perez, Della R. "COMPRENDER : comprehension: orchestrating meaning and purpose for reading English among newly developing English language readers /." Search for this dissertation online, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ksu/main.

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Jo, Phill. "Strategic reading for English as a foreign language." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1999. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1725.

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Buys, Nelia. "An interactive, multimedia, web-based program to develop proficiency in specific reading skills for English first-year university students : an empirical study." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/2935.

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Fredricks, Sharon. "The Effectiveness of Semantic Mapping on Reading Comprehension." PDXScholar, 1993. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4667.

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It is the goal of all reading instructors to use techniques that will enhance reading comprehension. This is certainly no less so in the second language classroom. Studies have shown that readers possess schemata for text structure that is activated during the reading process. It has also been shown that a reader's textual schemata may be culturally influenced and that second language students may possess textual schemata that conflicts or interferes with the structure of the text making comprehension more difficult. For this reason, second language learners may benefit from explicit instructi

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McCoubrey, Gail. "Relationships between adolescents' oral language skills, metacognitive knowledge and strategies and reading comprehension in English and French." Thesis, McGill University, 2013. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=114148.

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This thesis examined bilingual reading comprehension within the parameters of two theories of second language (L2) reading comprehension performance: the Linguistic Interdependence Hypothesis (LIH) and the Linguistic Threshold Hypothesis (LTH). The oral language skills and metacognitive knowledge and reading strategies that relate to L2 reading comprehension are first described. The shortcomings of previous research in L2 reading comprehension are then discussed. The following four research questions are then posed: (1) What oral language skills contribute to reading comprehension in English

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Wong, Kit-mei. "Investigating the effectiveness of direct instruction of guessing from context for improving English as a second language primary students' word-attack skills." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B3567703X.

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Ericsson, Jessica. "Reading Strategies : Multilingual students learning English in a Swedish context." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Engelska, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-33806.

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This thesis aims at exploring what linguistic challenges and opportunities multilingual students experience when reading in English. This paper has a qualitative approach and consists of focus group interviews as the method for collecting data. The participants were students in compulsory school, ninth grade, studying English as a foreign language. A total of nine multilingual were divided into three groups. Firstly they received a piece of informative text to read, containing a picture and a heading, and secondly they answered and discussed questions about their use of reading strategies. The

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Chang, Po-lin Pauline. "Effects of collaborative discussion on students' reading performance." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B23519769.

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Wisaijorn, Patareeya, and n/a. "Teaching reading comprehension to Thai EFL students: Reciprocal Teaching Procedure." University of Canberra. Professional Communication, 2003. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050802.140230.

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The main purpose of this study was to examine the effects of strategy training in small group work on the reading comprehension of academic texts in English by Thai English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students. The strategy-training used was the Reciprocal Teaching Procedure (RTF) which focused on the four reading comprehension strategies: predicting, clarifying, questioning and summarizing. The research study was an experimental one using a single group design. The participants were thirty-four first year students enrolled in the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program at a tertiary insti

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Jooste, Nikki. "Learning through a second language : a comparative study of the performance in reading comprehension and the cognitive-linguistic processes involved in reading comprehension between first-language English learners and second-language English, first-l." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2921.

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Yamashita, Junko. "Reading in a first and a foreign language : a study of reading comprehension in Japanese (the L1) and English (the L2)." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.302390.

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Al-Hassan, Ahmad M. S. "The effects of culture and schemata on reading comprehension of university readers." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1992. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/960/.

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Coetzee, Ghauderen N. "An intervention to improve reading comprehension for grade 8 learners." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/934.

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Since the official opening of ex-model C (previously whites only) schools to learners of all races, cultures and languages, there has been an influx of black learners into these schools. Reasons for this are that many black parents believe the quality of education and resources available at these ex model C schools is better than those available in township schools (De Klerk, 2000). Parents also believe sending their children to English medium schools enables them to compete and be marketable in the global world of work. This dissertation describes a qualitative case study of grade 8 learners

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Sugirin, (Sugirin), and sugirin@uny ac id. "The comprehension strategies of above average English as a foreign language (EFL) readers." Deakin University. School of Social and Cultural Studies in Education, 2002. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20080828.092848.

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The study reported in this thesis is a single-shot case study, which aims to provide a detailed description ofthe reading comprehension strategies used by fifteen student teachers ofEnglish from Indonesian- and Javanese-speaking backgrounds in the last year of their four-year Strata-One study at a university In Yogyakarta, Indonesia. These readers were above average among their peers in that their average indexes of grades in Reading and Speaking classes were 3.22 and 3,34 respectively, while the average indexes ofthe peer group were 271 and 2.63, respectively, out ofa scale of 0 to 400. In ad

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Al-Qudairy, Abdullah H. A. "Using Arabic (L1) in testing reading comprehension in English (L2) as a foreign language." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/5498.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of using Arabic (L1) as a language of questions and answers in testing reading comprehension in English (L2), and to explore student and teacher opinions about this. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were employed. To collect the quantitative data, one hundred and forty-four students were given a reading comprehension test. Both multiple-choice and short-answer questions were used. The subjects were second-year English department undergraduate Saudi students and final-year secondary school Saudi students. Other factors including g

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Ip, Kwok-chun Irene, and 葉幗珍. "An evaluation of reading comprehension strategies used by Chinese students of English." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1987. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31949782.

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Benosa, Kathlyn Garcia. "Increasing comprehension strategies through reciprocal teaching." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2006. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3174.

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The purpose of the study was twofold. First, it describes two research-based instructional strategies that have been effective in increasing reading comprehension (reciprocal teaching and using readers' response journals). Second, a quasi-experimental research design was created to determine the educational impact of these two strategies on the reading comprehension levels of elementary-aged English Language Learners (ELLs). The data was collected from a low socioeconomic elementary school, specifically looking at a second grade classroom. The classroom demographic included eighteen students,

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Galica, Majlinda. "Reading Strategies : a study on pupils' use of strategies when reading fictional texts." Thesis, Växjö University, School of Humanities, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-1175.

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<p>Abstract</p><p>This study is based on empirical studies and the approach to this has been interviews with a group of pupils. The study investigates the use of reading strategies among pupils. The aim is to investigate how the pupils use different reading strategies in order to overcome problems that occur when reading fictional texts. In addition, the pupils were also asked some questions about their reading habits and attitudes towards reading.</p><p>Research has shown that pupils who are introduced to different reading strategies are better readers than those who are not. Reading strategi

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Schneider, Sue. "The impact of assessment on an English as a Foreign Language academic reading programme." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.340780.

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Khalil, Adnan M. "The effects of cultural background on reading comprehension of ESL learners." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184861.

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This study investigates the effects of cultural background on reading comprehension of ESL learners. Theoretically, this study emanates from schema theory. That is, the readers' comprehension is believed to be affected by background knowledge. Forty-eight ESL students, sorted into three groups (beginning, intermediate and advanced), were randomly assigned to the treatment, which was the reading of a familiar and unfamiliar, high difficulty and/or low difficulty passages. Procedures included a survey, a pre-test, passages and a post-test. The survey was used to select the two topics for the pas

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Culbreth, Phyllis Devan. "How does extraneous textbook material influence the reading comprehension of normal and impaired college students? /." Electronic version (PDF), 2005. http://dl.uncw.edu/etd/2005/culbrethp/phyllisculbreth.pdf.

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Cong, Minh Huynh Hung Education Faculty of Arts &amp Social Sciences UNSW. "Split-attention in reading comprehension: a case of English as a foreign/second language." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. Education, 2007. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/40804.

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Recent research on the role, the development, and the effectiveness of reading comprehension instructions has provided substantial results concerning the methodology of teaching foreign languages. Cognitive load theory has assisted researchers to recognize cognitive effects in reading comprehensions that can lead to improvements in reading skill. The aim of this thesis is to analyse the split-attention effect in reading comprehension instructions to assist teachers of English to facilitate learning. Three experiments were designed to investigate whether the split attention effect applied to re

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