Cognitive appraisal of individuals directs to the creation of an emotional response, which is related to emotional intelligence. The present study shows the presence of induced emotions as an unrelated factor on the construct of a TOEFL iBT reading test which can interplay with emotional intelligence for regulating the induced emotions towards reading passages. The present participants were 393...

dependence on computers and internet has given birth to digital literacy. however, research into its influences on the reading process is still in its infancy. to fill the gap, this study was designed to investigate the ways in which text presentation mode (paper vs. digital) affects reading comprehension, as well as reading attitudes. to this end, a sample of 30 male and female english major s...

nowadays, novel is the most dominating genre in literature. concerning the advocates and proponents of novel, women’s share either as the writer or the reader is ever so increasing. it is such that some rhetoricians speak about a feminizing literature. this article is an attempt to deal with these aspects. unfortunately, in the domain of the iranian novel reading, there are no exact and proper ...

This study aimed to examine the effect of interactive reading aloud (IRA) lessons on students’ comprehension levels, motivation, and fluency skills. A mixed experimental design was used model study. conducted in a Turkish public school academic year 2017–2018, with 62 second-grade students, 22 first group, 20 second control it lasted for 11 weeks. The IRA within research scope were performed by...

generally speaking, lexical items that enter our minds through reading a text commonly leave us with pictures, sounds, echoes, and feelings in the mind. while the ability to produce images in the mind in the process of reading appears to be vital for greater comprehension and recall of texts, research has indicated that many poor readers seemingly do not visualize as they read. on the contrary,...