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- Title
DEVELOPING SECOND AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE READING FLUENCY AND ITS EFFECT ON COMPREHENSION: A MISSING LINK.
- Authors
Taguchi, Etsuo; Gorsuch, Greta J.; Sasamoto, Evelyn
- Abstract
Reading fluency has been a major concern in reading research and education in English L1 settings for the past three decades. Extensive research has explored various types of instructional methods to develop reading fluency in the hope of improving reading comprehension directly and indirectly as a result. Contrary to the increasingly important role reading fluency has been given in English L1 settings, it has attracted scant attention in L2 and FL settings because it is expected to grow naturally as reading skills develop. Some preliminary studies on reading fluency in L2 or FL contexts have directed the attention of researchers and educators to the issue of whether reading fluency plays a crucial role in successful reading comprehension, as opposed to fluency being a byproduct of reading skills development. This paper is an attempt to examine theoretical and pedagogical issues that address reading fluency in L2/FL settings. Based on research findings in English L1 and L2/FL settings, this paper also makes suggestions for future research and instruction.
- Subjects
FOREIGN language education; LANGUAGE &; education; RESEARCH; READING comprehension; TEACHERS
- Publication
Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2006, Vol 6, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1533-242X
- Publication type
Article