Focuses on the roles of today's Title 1 reading teachers based on changing Title 1 guidelines in a team teaching model. Interprets reading teachers' roles with respect to the new provisions found in the Interim Report and Title 1. (Author/VWL)

Reports on an on the development of online resources with special reference to the development of an online bilingual glossary designed for Chinese English medium courses for their degree (Author/VWL)

Describes the phonological analysis of Japanese speakers learning English as a foreign language. Analysis was carried out at a phonemic level and reflects learners' performance in the target language at a specific stage of interlanguage. A non-comprehensive comparison between the English and the Japanese sound systems was made and the so-called…

Measured both reading speeds and comprehension in two groups of learners exposed to intensive and extensive reading programs. The extensive group was exposed to a regime of graded readers, while the intensive group studied short texts followed by comprehension questions. Results indicate that subjects exposed to extensive reading achieved both…

Presents recent investigations in idiomatic language processing, and advances new foci of research from the comprehension and interpretation of phrasal idioms. Concludes that the development of idiomatic competence can be enhanced by establishing the parameters of the comprehension and interpretation process of second language phrasal idioms.…

Provides an overview of the research related to second language learners and reading strategies. The discussion also considers recent research on the role of metacognitive awareness in the reading comprehension process, and the relationship between metacognitive awareness and reading proficiency (Author/VWL)