Effects of a Tablet PC-based Book Reading Program on Vocabulary, Reading Attitude, and Self-efficacy in Children with Reading Difficulties

Effects of Different Culturally-Based Materials on EFL Learners’ Reading Anxiety, Reading Self-Efficacy, and Reading Proficiency in Project-Based Classes

This article sets out to examine the effect of utilizing different culturally-based materials on EFL university students' foreign language reading anxiety, reading comprehension self-efficacy, and reading proficiency within project-based classes. The research was carried out with two classes of intermediate freshmen majoring in English Language Teaching. The comparison group had to present thei...

Learners' Self-efficacy in Reading and its relation to Foreign Language Reading Anxiety and Reading Achievement*

It is well documented that language learning success or failure is influenced by the affective side of the learner. Self-efficacy and anxiety are among the affective factors influencing language learning. This study first explores the relationship between EFL learners' self-efficacy in reading comprehension and their reading anxiety. Secondly, it explores the relationship between EFL learners' ...

Neural correlates of sentence reading in children with reading difficulties.

In contrast to word-level skills, the neural basis of sentence comprehension in children with reading difficulties is not well understood. Using magnetic source imaging, we investigated the spatiotemporal dynamics of regional activity associated with silent passage reading in nonimpaired and students with reading difficulties. The latter exhibited underactivation of the temporoparietal and visu...

On the Relationship between Metacognitive Reading Strategies, Reading Self-Efficacy, and L2 Reading Comprehension

The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between metacognitive reading strategies, reading self-efficacy, and reading comprehension of Iranian EFL learners. The participants were 119 Iranian B.A and M.A students majoring in English at Imam Khomeini International University and Islamshahr Azad University. A Michigan Test of English language Proficiency was given to the par...

Reading difficulties in children.