This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of reader response journals in analysis literary works among Malaysian TESL undergraduate students. The employs mixed method approach and addresses a research question, ‘What are students’ perceptions on use works?’ Six students moderate competency English language were selected for an interview session participants’ poem analysis. Interview data...

the public domain of copyright which considers the end of protection period, attempts to cause balance among the rights of authors, society and third parties. so at the end of financial rights of author’s protection period the possibility of free utilization of these literary works will be possible. but in this situation one of the controversial difficulties is the nature of these kinds of lite...

Readers The challenge of understanding reading comprehension derives, in part, from the difficulty of defining its borders. Comprehension was defined by the Research and Development (RAND) Reading Study Group (RRSG, 2002) as ‘‘the process of simultaneously constructing and extracting meaning through interaction and engagement with print.’’ This definition was intended to signal the importance o...

Publishing graded readers is big business, but there is evidence that the texts themselves are not being read in sufficient quantity to improve language proficiency. This article reports on a study of graded readers, focusing on interviews with some major publishers of graded readers, to investigate their production rationales. The findings suggest that the opinions of the ultimate consumers, t...

In recent years, the Education for All movement has focused more intensely on the quality of education, rather than simply provision. Many recent and current education quality interventions focus on literacy, which is the core skill required for further academic success. Despite this focus on the quality of literacy instruction in developing countries, little rigorous research has been conducte...