The effects of corrective feedback and strategy training on the reading comprehension of poor readers in Form one

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shin-kam Yeung
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Corrective Feedback ◽  
Strategy Training ◽  
Poor Readers

“Google and me together can read anything.” Online reading strategies to develop hypertext comprehension in ESL readers

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 896-914
Author(s):  
Kshema Jose
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Strategy Training ◽  
Online Reading ◽  
Esl Teachers ◽  
Topic Familiarity ◽  
Online Reading Comprehension ◽  
Online Texts

If we are to build in our students, literacy skills relevant for the 21st century, reading classrooms need to take into account the changing nature of texts that our students are required to read in real-world contexts (Alexander & The Disciplined Reading and Learning Research Laboratory, 2012). This paper exhorts ESL teachers to use online texts or hypertexts, in addition to print textbooks, in the reading classroom. The use of hypertexts can increase the literacy participation of students by making reading authentic, and ensuring literacy skills they acquire more meaningful and productive (Coiro, Killi, & Castek, 2017). In the reading classroom where this research was located, it was observed that readers who scored low on reading comprehension tests based on print texts demonstrated higher levels of comprehension while performing on tests based on hypertexts. The study was conducted to identify the reading strategies used by these readers. It was found that ESL readers were able to overcome deficits in their prior knowledge (topic familiarity) and/or language proficiency by using specific reading and navigating strategies. This paper proposes that strategy training in the use of newer reading and navigating strategies might help develop online reading comprehension expertise and build independent reading habits in ESL readers.

scholarly journals On Non-English Majors’ Strategy Training in English Reading Comprehension

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Xiaoling Yang
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Strategy Training ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Reading Competence ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
English Majors ◽  
English Reading Comprehension ◽  
Experimental Group

This paper reviewed the literature of the previous research and questionnaire survey on reading strategy. Based on theories of psycholinguistics, a five-week experiment was carried out in order to probe into the effectiveness of strategy training. The experiment was designed to answer the following question: Can reading comprehension be improved by strategy training? Two groups of subjects from non-English majors participated in the experiment and questionnaire survey. Experimental group received training on reading strategies while control group didn’t. By comparing the results of the pretest and posttest of the two groups, the effectiveness of strategy training was examined. The results of data analysis indicated that both efficient and non-efficient readers use strategies to facilitate their reading and there was no significant difference between them with regard to strategy use in general, but some strategies were especially favored by the efficient readers and that reading competence could be improved by strategy training.

Identification, organization, and reading comprehension for good and poor readers.

1971 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Oakan ◽  
Morton Wiener ◽  
Ward Cromer
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Poor Readers ◽  
Good And Poor Readers

scholarly journals Effects of Document Simplification on the Reading Comprehension of the Elderly

1981 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean A. Walmsley ◽  
Kathleen M. Scott ◽  
Richard Lehrer
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Poor Readers ◽  
Poor Indicator ◽  
Aged Subjects ◽  
Good And Poor Readers ◽  
Readability Formula

Good and poor readers (aged 60+) were tested on three versions of documents describing social services—the original document, a version simplified by a readability formula, and a version simplified ‘subjectively’ by skilled writers. Results indicate that in only one of the four documents (the longest one) was comprehension improved by subjective rewriting; simplification by readability formula had no effect on comprehension. Reading ability, however, was a significant covariate for comprehension. The study concludes that the ‘readability’ of a document is a poor indicator of its comprehensibility for aged subjects, and that simplifying the language of documents may not be sufficient in easing their comprehension difficulties.

Reading and Listening to Expository Text

1985 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosalind Horowitz ◽  
S. Jay Samuels
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Oral Reading ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Expository Text ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Poor Readers ◽  
Good Readers ◽  
Poor Reading ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Good And Poor Readers

Poor reading comprehension may result from a general comprehension problem, a decoding problem, or a combination of these problems. Using a counterbalanced design, 38 good and poor sixth-grade readers read aloud and listened to easy and hard texts. Immediately after reading and listening, students orally retold what they had read or heard. Their recalls were scored for number of idea units produced. Results indicated no difference in listening comprehension between good and poor readers for either easy or hard texts, but a significant difference in oral reading comprehension in favor of good readers on both easy and hard texts. The finding of no difference in listening suggests that the poor readers in this sample did not have a general comprehension problem, while their poor oral reading performance indicates that they did have a decoding problem. These findings support a more complex comprehension process model of listening and reading than has typically been described in the literature.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document