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Song, Jayoung; Sardegna, Veronica Gabriela – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2014
This study investigated whether enhanced extensive reading contributed to significant gains on the incidental acquisition of English prepositions. English as a Foreign Language (EFL) secondary school students in Korea ("N" = 12) received enhanced extensive reading instruction for one semester in an after-school program. Pre-and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Form Classes (Languages), Reading Instruction
Bensoussan, Marsha – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2012
Test anxiety often interferes with a reliable evaluation of language learning, frustrating teachers and students alike. Most researchers have found a significant inverse relation between anxiety and written test performance. Although this situation leads to a distortion of test scores, suggestions for treating and coping with test anxiety have…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Test Anxiety, English (Second Language), Advanced Students
Kaivanpanah, Shiva; Soltani Moghaddam, Majid – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2012
Growing concerns have been voiced about strategies employed in L2 reading in general and dealing with unknown words in particular. Among other strategies, lexical inferencing has received attention in the literature. However, more research is needed to further clarify how different levels of L2 reading proficiency may affect the readers'…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Inferences
Underwood, Paul – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2010
Despite the influence of changing demographics in Japan, the National Center Test for University Entrance Exams continues to assert an ever increasing role in the process of university admissions. In preparation for this examination, the majority of senior high school students learn from textbooks approved by the Japanese Ministry of Education,…
Descriptors: High Schools, Textbooks, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis
Jun Zhang, Lawrence; Bin Anual, Suaini – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2008
The crucial role of vocabulary knowledge in reading comprehension has been well recognized in first language (L1) situations and this has appeared to be true of second language (L2) settings as well. However, in relation to a sociocultural context such as Singapore, where English is designated as an L1 in the school curriculum but the majority of…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Foreign Countries, Vocabulary Development, Language of Instruction