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Crossman, Katie – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2018
This article reports on an English for academic purposes course designed following the tenets of content and language integrated learning (CLIL) to address the needs of language minority (LM) high school graduates entering Canadian universities. The language used in and required of post-secondary study is challenging for many LM students,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Language of Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Jia, Fanli; Gottardo, Alexandra; Koh, Poh Wee; Chen, Xi; Pasquarella, Adrian – Reading Research Quarterly, 2014
The main purpose of this study was to bridge the gap between the literature on cognitive variables related to English literacy learning skills, as suggested by the simple view of reading, and the literature on sociocultural variables, specifically acculturation. The sample consisted of 94 Chinese immigrant adolescents from grades 7-12 in Waterloo…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Li, Miao; Kirby, John R. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2014
This study explored characteristics of reading comprehension difficulties among Chinese students learning English as a second language (ESL). Two hundred forty-six Grade 8 English-immersion students in China were administered a battery of reading-related and reading comprehension tests. Three groups of comprehenders matched on age, nonverbal…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Adolescents, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Morvay, Gabriella – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2012
Via a variety of measurements, 64 Hungarian native speakers in the 12th grade learning English as a foreign language in Slovakia were tested in a cross-sectional correlational study in order to determine the relationship between the ability to process complex syntax and foreign language reading comprehension. The test instruments involved a…
Descriptors: Correlation, Second Language Learning, Syntax, Hungarian
Choi, Yunjeong – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Researchers have investigated that different dimensions of word knowledge (breadth versus depth) may play distinct roles in second language (L2) reading comprehension. Yet, little research has addressed how learners' efficiency of accessing those dimensions of knowledge functions in their comprehension (i.e., the issue of knowledge availability…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Adolescents, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning