Generative note taking, being one of the strategies applied to manage difficult texts, requires not only comprehension and selection information but also production. The current study focuses on taking formats for a text read with intention summarise. Its focal aim is improve both practical theoretical understanding this activity. It involves 103 second year English Department students, investi...

Reading and writing texts are foundational abilities required for daily activities, human interaction and almost all school disciplines. However, it is not uncommon to find students with reading and writing difficulties. Those difficulties interfere on their learning process and their ability to comprehend more complex ideas. Therefore, failing to read and write leads not only to academic failu...

The focus of the study is on the assessment of readability for prevailing America and Chinese English textbooks with the measurement software and systems. The result indicated college reading textbooks produced by Chinese publishers seemed to vary in level, with some texts above the reading ability of most college students. Then simplification strategies used to make Chinese EFL reading texts m...

The purpose of this study was to examine students’ reading habits and the factors that influence their desire read English texts. A total thirty-four EFL students were chosen. qualitative descriptive approach used. questionnaire interviews used gather information. study’s findings revealed had a strong read. Several influenced interest, including effort in reading, motivation assumptions about ...

Academic development research supports embedding academic literacies in disciplinary teaching. This enables students to experience reading and writing as practices. However, few lecturers have the language knowledge pedagogical expertise do this. The Reading Learn pedagogy provides a scaffolded methodology that higher education can adapt. We reflect on our own experiences of using these literac...