In this study children received instruction in Repeated Reading of text in a Whole Class situation. Previous Research Projects have shown the benefits of individualized instruction and explicit teaching to individuals or small groups which have resulted in improvements in a child’s reading ability. This study investigated the impact on children’s reading ability when taught in a whole class sit...

this study sought to explore the possible relationship between reading anxiety and reading proficiency and also between reading anxiety and language learners’ use of reading strategies. the majority of studies on language anxiety have been quantitative to date. this study was conducted in two phases. the first phase was quantitative, and the second consisted of a series of case studies using in...

Comprehension is the essence of reading. Finding appropriate and effective reading strategies to support students’ reading comprehension has always been a critical issue for educators. This article presents findings from a meta-analysis of 17 studies of metacognitive strategy instruction on students’ reading comprehension in computerized reading contexts. Overall, some instances of metacognitiv...

This experimental study considered the effects of learning style variations on EFL learners’ performance in different question types of the reading skill and their strategies to get higher scores. To achieve such goals, ninety learners with different academic backgrounds from IELTS classes of Shukuh English Language Institute in Tehran, participated in this study. The researcher first utilized ...

Comprehension is the goal of reading. However, students often encounter reading difficulties due to the lack of background knowledge and proper reading strategy. Unfortunately, print text provides very limited assistance to one’s reading comprehension through its static knowledge representations such as symbols, charts, and graphs. Integrating digital materials and reading strategy into paper-b...