This study reports an investigation of Iranian test-takers’ use of cognitive and metacognitive strategies while performing on IELTS reading tests. Specifically, the study set out to investigate: a) the relationship between Iranian test-takers’ use of cognitive and metacognitive strategies and their L2 reading test performance on the reading section of the IELTS test; and b) the role gender migh...

Bilingual reading can require more than knowing two languages. Learners must acquire also the writing conventions of their second language, which can differ in its deep mapping principles (writing system) and its visual configurations (script). We review ERP (event-related potential) and fMRI studies of both Chinese–English bilingualism and Chinese second language learning that bear on the syst...

This study describes  working  memory and developing and validating of an  L1 Persian reading span test for the measurement of working  memory of L1 Persian EFL learners. The test, which included  64  Persian  sentences,  was  developed  based  on  Daneman  and Carpenter’s (1980) reading  span  test.  The  shortcomings  of  the  test  were  identified  and  removed  over  three  pilot studies  ...

This study examined the nature of morphology-based cross language transfer from Korean to reading and writing acquisition in English and Chinese among Korean-speaking 9th graders who had studied English for seven years and Chinese for one year as foreign languages. One hundred and sixty students were administered a set of comparable Korean (L1), English (L2), and Chinese (L3) tasks tapping into...

s Gegenwärtig rückt mit zunehmender Mehrsprachigkeit in Europa und weltweit die sog. Zweitalphabetisierung den Mittelpunkt der gesellschaftlichen wissenschaftlichen Debatte. Der vorliegende Beitrag berichtet von einer an TU Braunschweig veranstalteten GAL Research School, bei Multidisziplinarität Zugänge zur Erforschung Lese- Schreibprozessen mehrsprachigen Kontexten demonstriert wurde. Die Sch...

Due to the participatory nature of Web 2.0, polite communication on social media and news sites can stand side by with uncivil comments. Research online incivility has been conducted users reading in their mother tongues (L1), while potential effects a second language (L2) have largely under-explored. This paper analyzes comments written an L2 attitudes around emerging technologies. Accordingly...

The present study investigated the relative contributions of experiential and ability factors to second language (L2) passage comprehension and L2 vocabulary retention. Participants included a cross section of 99 adult learners of Spanish as a foreign language enrolled in beginning through advanced level university Spanish courses. Participants completed a standardized reading proficiency test ...