This study investigates the reading preference and performance of young learners for Chinese text presented in either a horizontal format or a vertical format on PDA screens. In assessing the reading performance, the reading speed is taken as the performance evaluation criterion. The thirty participants in the current investigation are K1 students studying in the first grade of an elementary sc...

Reading serves a vital role in achieving quality education. However, it is alarming to note the learners' poor reading performance national and international assessments, which schools must address. In this study, pupils' looked into through Oral Verification Test (ORVT). It tool that assists determining strengths weaknesses. also helps identify pupils struggling with decoding comprehension flu...

in this study two modes ofreading (car and traditional print mode) were compared in regards to their effectiveness for l2 reading comprehension. a group of 120 english major students were divided into three classes: car, traditional, and control. based on the english proficiency scores each class was divided into two groups (high and low levels of proficiency). three classes were taught by the ...

This study dealt with the students’ language profile, metacognitive reading strategies, and comprehension performance adopting descriptive-correlational method of four hundred forty-six randomly selected students enrolled in colleges Forestry, Education, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology a Philippine State University. Instruments used to gather data were based on an expert v...

Sense of humor as a key factor for increasing the effect of instruction has been overlooked by research in the field of education. This study was an attempt to investigate the effects of the use of humor on EFL learners’ reading comprehension. For this purpose, a group of Iranian EFL learners were taught reading comprehension through the use of humorous passages while another group of learners ...