Timed reading activity for developing EFL students' reading skills in mixed-ability classes

Hazaea, Abduljalil Nasr; Almekhlafy, Sultan Saleh Ahmed

doi:10.1108/lthe-01-2021-0006

“…Many studies have been conducted on what people like, what they want, and what they do not like to read (Koch, 1975). For example, Hazaea and Almekhlafy (2022) analyzed how interest, introversion, and intellectualism influence academic achievement among students. A second area of research examined the influence of family and peer reading interests on student's reading habits.…”

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confidence: 99%

Investigating EFL Saudi University Students' Reading and Online Habits and Interests

Khreisat

2023

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This study examines the English reading habits and online activities of Saudi English language university students, the types of reading they undertake and potential reasons for their lack of reading. A questionnaire was used to collect data for this study as the primary tool for quantitative research. To evaluate the impact of the Saudi College of Arts and Science at Tabarjal, Jouf University on Saudi EFL university students, a self-administered online questionnaire was distributed to an online sample of 158 Saudi EFL university students. In free time, students read textbooks and online articles most often. In addition, students reported spending more than six hours online using social media apps. This study recommends to provide more reading resources at the institution to promote reading among students.

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“…Inter alia, that serves for learners to construct their learning path as autonomy subjects, from activities yielding a sense of confidence and regulators (Hazaea and Almekhlafy, 2022).…”

Section: Literacy Agencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Writing-reading accomplishments onto underlying gaps and bonds as prone to communication skills follow-up

Olmos¹,

Garcı́a²

2023

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This study aimed to look into the impact of educational practices on the reading and writing skills of learners, with a specific focus on the gaps and bonds in EFL learning while communication skills carried follow-ups. The study employed a mixed methodology, which embraced communication contexts placed in the teaching process, and self-perceptions of the participants in a multidimensional communication axis to collect data via surveys, observational forms and exploratory statistics. The results indicate that while there is a stable level of variation in terms of reading and writing achievement, there are setbacks in certain areas such as fill-in-the-blank questions in complex activities and sentence rewriting tasks. Additionally, the study found that providing students with picture clues can improve their performance. The study also suggests that blending both reading and writing skills in activities can lead to large linkages and improvements in performance.

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“…Inter alia, that serves for learners to construct their learning path as autonomy subjects, from activities yielding a sense of confidence and regulators [35].…”

Section: Literacy Agencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Writing-reading attainments onto underlying gaps and bonds as prone to communication skills follow-up

Olmos

¹

,

Garcia

²

2023

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This study aimed to look into the impact of educational practices on the reading and writing skills of learners, with a specific focus on the gaps and bonds in EFL learning while communication skills carried follow-ups. The study employed a mixed methodology, which embraced communication contexts placed in the teaching process, and self-perceptions of the participants in a multidimensional communication axis to collect data via surveys, observational forms and exploratory statistics. The results indicate that while there is a stable level of variation in terms of reading and writing achievement, there are setbacks in certain areas such as fill-in-the-blank questions in complex activities and sentence rewriting tasks. Additionally, the study found that providing students with picture clues can improve their performance. The study also suggests that blending both reading and writing skills in activities can lead to large linkages and improvements in performance.

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Timed reading activity for developing EFL students' reading skills in mixed-ability classes

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Investigating EFL Saudi University Students' Reading and Online Habits and Interests

Investigating EFL Saudi University Students' Reading and Online Habits and Interests

Writing-reading accomplishments onto underlying gaps and bonds as prone to communication skills follow-up

Writing-reading attainments onto underlying gaps and bonds as prone to communication skills follow-up

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