This study is an attempt to provide insights into the extent of first language (L1) use while reading second language (L2) texts in a collaborative situation among tertiary ESL learners. Through the identification of reading strategies utilized by the subjects, the study is also aimed at discovering possible reasons for the use of L1 while comprehending L2 texts. Four students, whose L1 was Bah...

In 2019, Learning Developers at Lancaster University were awarded funding by ALDinHE to conduct a small project into how students read (Hargreaves et al., 2022a). We explored students’ perspectives and practices around reading academic texts in digital format. analysed manage their reading, they interact engage with on-screen, what influences choices related text One output of this is an intera...

This paper examines the reading strategies that four Chinese adult readers use in reading both Chinese and English texts. Their strategies they used are analyzed into two broad categories: the text-initiated strategies and the reader-initiated strategies. All participants demonstrated more strategy use in reading the English texts than in reading the Chinese text. In general, participants were ...

Adolescent disengagement in school and school-related activities continues to be a national problem (Christenson, Reschly, & Wylie, 2012; Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, 2009). Recent research has shown that allowing choice in what adolescents read in school and school-related activities strengthens student engagement (Kittle, 2013; Lee, 2011; Miller, 2009). Much of this literature,...

In this paper, we use the term academic text to refer to any free text composed in an academic setting, covering the whole spectrum from first year students’ reviews of available scientific texts up to a scientist’s struggling, but still fragile text concerning his or her new discoveries. These academic texts can be processed by various information technologies. We can now outline the landscape...

Reading contributes to vocabulary development and is regarded as an efficient pedagogical approach learning. Through reading, learners are exposed new words in their rightful context of use. This study investigates the effects input enhancements on incidental academic word learning through reading English texts among a Second Language (ESL) undergraduates. The compares different conditions, glo...