_______________ This article examines the relationship between online reading speed rates and performance on proficiency tests, given the proliferating use of the Internet. The study involved twenty-five post-graduate students enrolled in an ESL Course at the Private Center for Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Kuwait and who are also involved in postgraduate studies. Twelve were famili...

Utilizing eye-tracking technology and focusing on the “rapid”, “purposeful” and “comprehending” attributes of fluent reading, this study investigated first language (L1) and second language (L2) readers’ online reading patterns and comprehension. Eye movement data from nine L1 readers and nine L2 readers were collected, analyzed and compared. Post-experiment interviews were conducted to obtain ...

This paper introduces SIFU, a system that recruits in real time native speakers as online volunteer tutors to help answer questions from Chinese language learners in reading news articles. SIFU integrates the strengths of two effective online language learning methods: reading online news and communicating with online native speakers. SIFU recruits volunteers from an online social network rathe...

The purpose of this research was to observe two processes: 1) developing online reading tasks; and 2) integrating those tasks into learning platforms. This employs a descriptive qualitative design. subject study English teacher at SMAS Laboratorium Undiksha Singaraja. data gathered through observation an interview guide. collection procedure began with interview. were analyzed according Miles H...

Online reading strategies have been a crucial issue in EFL learning because are essential for students comprehension and the increasing penetration of information communication technology into foreign language has transformed current studies shown that online text requires new strategies. This article presented findings systematic review 20 research on published 2011-2021. The focusing strategy...