Volume 29, Issue 1

Abstract

This paper reports on an online guided reading program designed and developed by the authors, and implemented in class conditions. The program allows students to read a short story from a computer screen and obtain immediate support, in the form of suggested problem-solving strategies designed to help them overcome the lexical and grammatical difficulties commonly encountered by intermediate language students, at local text level, during the reading process. Based on the analysis of case studies of readers, the chief objective of this study is to gauge the pedagogical relevance of the guided reading program and suggest that it facilitates intermediate language students’ first encounters with literary texts.

Loading

Article metrics loading...

/content/journals/10.2104/aral0607
2006-01-01
2024-03-28
Loading full text...

Full text loading...

References

  1. Anderson, Neil
    2003 ‘Scrolling, clicking, and reading English: Online reading strategies in a second/foreign language’. Reading matrix3 (3). Available from: www.readingmatrix.com/articles/anderson/article.pdf.
    [Google Scholar]
  2. Baker, Linda ; Brown, Ann
    1984 ‘Metacognitive skills and reading’. InThe handbook of reading research, edited by Pearson, David . New York: Longman.
    [Google Scholar]
  3. Barnett, Marva
    1988 ‘Reading through context: How real and perceived strategy use affects L2 comprehension’. The modern language journal72 (2): 150–161. doi: 10.1111/j.1540‑4781.1988.tb04177.x
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4781.1988.tb04177.x [Google Scholar]
  4. Carrell, Patricia ; Pharis, Becky ; Liberto, Joseph
    1989 ‘Metacognitive strategy training for ESL reading’. Teachers of English to speakers of other languages quarterly23 (4): 647–674.
    [Google Scholar]
  5. Chun, Dorothy ; Plass, Jan
    1996 ‘Effects of multimedia annotations on vocabulary acquisition’. The modern language journal80 (2): 183–198. doi: 10.1111/j.1540‑4781.1996.tb01159.x
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4781.1996.tb01159.x [Google Scholar]
  6. Coady, James
    1993 ‘Research on ESL/EFL vocabulary acquisition: Putting it in context’. InSecond language reading and vocabulary learning, edited by Huckin, Thomas ; Haynes, Margot ; Coady, James . Norwood: Ablex.
    [Google Scholar]
  7. Davis, James ; Kline, Rebecca ; Carbón Gorell, Lynn ; Hsieh, Gloria
    1992 ‘Readers and foreign languages: A survey of undergraduate attitudes toward the study of literature’. The modern language journal76 (3): 320–332. doi: 10.1111/j.1540‑4781.1992.tb07002.x
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4781.1992.tb07002.x [Google Scholar]
  8. Davis, James ; Lyman-Hager, Mary-Ann
    1997 ‘Computers and L2 reading: Student performance, student attitudes’. Foreign language annals30 (1): 58–72. doi: 10.1111/j.1944‑9720.1997.tb01317.x
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1944-9720.1997.tb01317.x [Google Scholar]
  9. De Ridder, Isabelle
    2002 ‘Visible or invisible links: Does the highlighting of hyperlinks affect incidental vocabulary learning, text comprehension, and the reading process?’ Language learning and technology6 (1): 123–146.
    [Google Scholar]
  10. Hamp-Lyons, Liz
    1985 ‘Two approaches to teaching reading: A classroom-based study’. Reading in a foreign language3: 363–373.
    [Google Scholar]
  11. Hulstijn, Jan
    1993 ‘When do foreign-language readers look up the meaning of unfamiliar words? The influence of task and learner variables’. Modern language journal77(2): 139–147. doi: 10.1111/j.1540‑4781.1993.tb01957.x
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4781.1993.tb01957.x [Google Scholar]
  12. Kellogg, Guy
    1999 ‘Students’ reaction to reading electronic v. printed documents’. Proceedings of the 1999 Fourth International Conference on Language and Development. Available from: www.languages.ait.ac.th/hanoi_proceedings/kellogg.htm.
    [Google Scholar]
  13. Kern, Richard
    1992 ‘Teaching second language texts: Schematic interaction, affective response and the Direct Reading-Thinking Activity’. The Canadian modern language review/La revue canadienne des langues vivantes48 (2): 307–325.
    [Google Scholar]
  14. 1994 ‘The role of mental translation in L2 reading’. Studies in second language acquisition16 (4): 441–461. doi: 10.1017/S0272263100013450
    https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263100013450 [Google Scholar]
  15. Koren, Shira
    1999 ‘Vocabulary instruction through hypertext: Are there advantages over conventional methods of teaching?’ Teaching English as a second language-EJournal4 (1). Available from: www-writing.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej13/a2.html.
    [Google Scholar]
  16. Kramsch, Claire
    1985 ‘Literary texts in the classroom: a discourse’. The modern language journal69 (4): 356–366.
    [Google Scholar]
  17. Lomicka, Lara
    1998 ‘‘To gloss or not to gloss’: An investigation of reading comprehension online’. Language learning and technology1 (2): 41–50.
    [Google Scholar]
  18. Lyman-Hager, Mary-Ann
    2000 ‘Bridging the language-literature gap: Introducing literature electronically to the undergraduate language student’. The computer assisted language instruction consortium journal17 (3): 431–452.
    [Google Scholar]
  19. Lyman-Hager, Mary-Ann ; Davis, James
    1996 ‘The case of computer-mediated reading: Une Vie de Boy’. The French review69 (5): 775–790.
    [Google Scholar]
  20. Lyman-Hager, Mary-Ann ; Burnett, Joanne
    1999 ‘Meeting the needs of all learners: Case studies in computer-based foreign language reading’. InForeign language standards: Linking research, theories and practices, edited by Phillips, June ; Terry, Robert . Lincolnwood, Illinois: National Textbook Company.
    [Google Scholar]
  21. Martínez-Lage, Ana
    1997 ‘Hypermedia technology for teaching reading’. InTechnology-enhanced language learning, edited by Bush, Michael ; Terry, Robert . Lincolnwood, Illinois: National Textbook Company.
    [Google Scholar]
  22. Nation, Paul ; Coady, James
    1988 ‘Vocabulary and reading’. InVocabulary and language teaching, edited by Carter, Ronald ; McCarthy, Michael . New York: Longman.
    [Google Scholar]
  23. Naturel, Mireille
    1995Pour la littérature: de l’extrait à l’oeuvre. Paris: CLÉ International.
    [Google Scholar]
  24. Nikolova, Ofelia
    2004 ‘Effects of visible and invisible hyperlinks on vocabulary acquisition and reading comprehension of high and average foreign language achievers’. Apprentissage des langues et systèmes d’information et de communication, 7 (1). Available from: alsic.org/. doi: 10.4000/alsic.2279
    https://doi.org/10.4000/alsic.2279 [Google Scholar]
  25. O’Malley, J. Michael ; Chamot, Anna Uhl
    1990Learning strategies in second language acquisition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781139524490
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139524490 [Google Scholar]
  26. Padrón, Yolanda ; Waxman, Hersholt
    1988 ‘The effect of ESL students’ perceptions of their cognitive strategies on reading achievement’. Teachers of English to speakers of other languages quarterly22 (1): 146–150.
    [Google Scholar]
  27. Pressley, Michael ; Afflerbach, Peter
    1995 Verbal protocols of reading: The nature of constructively responsive reading. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Erlbaum.
  28. Schulz, Renate
    1981 ‘Literature and readability: Bridging the gap in foreign language reading’. The modern language journal65 (1): 43–53. doi: 10.1111/j.1540‑4781.1981.tb00952.x
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4781.1981.tb00952.x [Google Scholar]
http://instance.metastore.ingenta.com/content/journals/10.2104/aral0607
Loading

Most Cited