The present action research study aimed to explore how the explicit teaching of skimming reading strategy using graphic organizers can support six adult learners’ for general information in a Chilean EFL incarcerated context and describe their perceptions intervention. Based on an intervention four sessions utilizing Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA), data was collected pre ...

The use of bilingual graphic organizers [bilingual knowledge maps (BiK-maps)] as a study strategy was investigated for the acquisition of foreign language vocabulary. Participants were assigned to one of two conditions for the task of studying 32 German-English word-pairs. Participants either used BiK-mapping as a study strategy or took notes in their own preferred style. BiK-map strategists re...

traditional and modern vocabulary instruction techniques have been introduced in the past few decades to improve the learners’ performance in reading comprehension. semantic mapping, which entails drawing learners’ attention to the interrelationships among lexical items through graphic organizers, is claimed to enhance vocabulary learning significantly. however, whether this technique suits all...

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...

Traditional and modern vocabulary instruction techniques have been introduced in the past few decades to improve the learners’ performance in reading comprehension. Semantic mapping, which entails drawing learners’ attention to the interrelationships among lexical items through graphic organizers, is claimed to enhance vocabulary learning significantly. However, whether this technique suits all...