The present study aims to show the importance of ESL reading ability in acquiring English as a second language. The study involves 92 college students (males and females) from the Department of English at Nizwa College of Applied Sciences. They represent two groups, the Foundation year students and the first year English majors. A number of tests were used to measure students’ overall proficiency in English as well as their reading ability (i.e., the ability to contribute to the main idea of the text, scanning, skimming, to derive word meanings from context, to use a dictionary to find meanings, definitions, to identify prefixes, antonyms and synonyms). Students’ ability to read was correlated to their proficiency level in the second langua...
grantor: University of TorontoThis study examines the role of second language proficiency...
grantor: University of TorontoThe role of basic language processing components, in genera...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Wiley via the DOI in thi...
This paper presents a study on the interactive roles of lexical knowledge and reading strategies on ...
Reading comprehension is a process in which words are interpreted and meaning is created. We read fo...
Reading comprehension is a multi-dimensional process that includes the reader, the text, and factors...
AbstractReading is one of the greatest pleasures we experience in our lives. It helps us to be enter...
ABSTRACT: Reading is one of language skill, which must be developed with practice. The students lear...
Reading is one of language skill, which must be developed with practice. The students learn how to r...
AbstractAs a complex cognitive skill involving a variety of processes working in concert, the abilit...
The proficiency in different language skills isof utmost importance to students at tertiary level. T...
The ultimate goal of teaching reading is to enable the readers to understand what they have read. It...
Throughout the United States the number of students who speak English as a second language (ESL) enr...
Considering the fact that being able to read efficiently would be a key tool for academic success, t...
Reading is considered one of the most important skills that language learners should obtain, especia...
grantor: University of TorontoThis study examines the role of second language proficiency...
grantor: University of TorontoThe role of basic language processing components, in genera...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Wiley via the DOI in thi...
This paper presents a study on the interactive roles of lexical knowledge and reading strategies on ...
Reading comprehension is a process in which words are interpreted and meaning is created. We read fo...
Reading comprehension is a multi-dimensional process that includes the reader, the text, and factors...
AbstractReading is one of the greatest pleasures we experience in our lives. It helps us to be enter...
ABSTRACT: Reading is one of language skill, which must be developed with practice. The students lear...
Reading is one of language skill, which must be developed with practice. The students learn how to r...
AbstractAs a complex cognitive skill involving a variety of processes working in concert, the abilit...
The proficiency in different language skills isof utmost importance to students at tertiary level. T...
The ultimate goal of teaching reading is to enable the readers to understand what they have read. It...
Throughout the United States the number of students who speak English as a second language (ESL) enr...
Considering the fact that being able to read efficiently would be a key tool for academic success, t...
Reading is considered one of the most important skills that language learners should obtain, especia...
grantor: University of TorontoThis study examines the role of second language proficiency...
grantor: University of TorontoThe role of basic language processing components, in genera...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Wiley via the DOI in thi...