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Li, Guofang – Theory Into Practice, 2012
How do second-language learners become successful readers and writers? This article examines the importance of social networks to English language learners' reading and writing development. It describes different family, peer, and virtual social networks that ELLs can utilize to engage in online and offline reading and writing (especially related…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Popular Culture, Second Language Learning, Social Networks
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Horner, Sherri L.; Shwery, Craig S. – Theory into Practice, 2002
Explains how students self-regulate while reading, describing students' personal beliefs of self-efficacy, task value, and motivation and how these beliefs influence their self- regulated reading; discussing the processes of self-regulated reading (goal setting; selection, use, and monitoring of reading strategies; and self-evaluation); and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Reading Motivation, Reading Skills