Very frequently, learners reading in second language seem to read with less understanding than they reportedly read in their first language. According to my experience as a teacher I always notice that most of my students (Omani) read English slowly and with less understanding than when they read in Arabic. MacNamara (1979) in Alderson and Urquhart(1984) also found that the French students he studied were reading in English at slower rate and with lower comprehension than students reading in French. Thus this leads us to ask: is poor reading in L2, a reading problem or a language problem?
Very frequently, learners reading in second language seem to read with less understanding than they reportedly read in their first language. According to my experience as a teacher I always notice that most of my students (Omani) read English slowly and with less understanding than when they rea...
مادة فرعية
Oman Journal of ELT