The place of reading comprehension in second language acquisition
Other Title(s)
مكانة فهم القراءة في اكتساب اللغة الثانية
Author
Source
Recherches Psychologiques et Educatives
Issue
Vol. 10, Issue 1 (31 Dec. 2021), pp.7-25, 19 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2021-12-31
Country of Publication
Algeria
No. of Pages
19
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
The present study aims to show the importance of ESL reading ability in acquiring English as a second language.
The study involves 92 college students (males and females) from the Department of foreing Languages at Tlemcen University, Algeria.
They represent two groups, the foundation year students and the first year English majors.
A number of tests were used to measure students' overall proficiency in English as well as their reading ability (i.
e.
, the ability to contribute to the main idea of the text, scanning, skimming, to derive word meanings from context, to use a dictionary to find meanings, definitions, to identify prefixes, antonyms and synonyms).
Students' ability to read was correlated to their proficiency level in the second language.
It was found in the study that good readers were better users of the dictionary, derived meanings of words from the context and contributed to the main idea of the text better than poor readers did.
Good readers were found to be high achievers in the second language.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tahrawi, Said. 2021. The place of reading comprehension in second language acquisition. Recherches Psychologiques et Educatives،Vol. 10, no. 1, pp.7-25.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1014367
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tahrawi, Said. The place of reading comprehension in second language acquisition. Recherches Psychologiques et Educatives Vol. 10, no. 1 (Dec. 2021), pp.7-25.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1014367
American Medical Association (AMA)
Tahrawi, Said. The place of reading comprehension in second language acquisition. Recherches Psychologiques et Educatives. 2021. Vol. 10, no. 1, pp.7-25.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1014367
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 23-25
Record ID
BIM-1014367