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Chen, Po-Hsuan – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2020
The present study attempted to validate the linguistic threshold hypothesis (LTH) and the interactive-compensatory model (ICM) in an English as a foreign language (EFL) setting by assessing the relative contributions of English proficiency and reading strategy use to English reading and examining the mutual compensation between these two factors…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Reading Strategies
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Chen, Po-Hsuan – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2019
The present study aimed at exploring the joint effects of reading motivation and reading anxiety on English reading comprehension in the Taiwanese English as a foreign language (EFL) context. To this end, a total of 140 (26 males, 114 females) EFL freshmen from required General English I courses at a university in southern Taiwan satisfactorily…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Motivation, Anxiety, Reading Comprehension