interviewed to explore their perceptions about reading instruction in the Saudi context. The results revealed that most Saudi students lack the necessary reading habits. In addition, they rarely make use of important reading skills when they read English texts. This study identified “lack of exposure to target language”, “poor teaching skills and teacher training programs little attention to comprehension and more attention to reading aloud students’ lack of motivationlittle emphasis on reading skills in
Reading Comprehension Research Paper “Reading Comprehension is the understanding and interpretation of what is read. To be able to accurately understand written material, children need to be able to (1) decode what they read; (2) make connections between what they read and what they already know; and (3) think deeply about what they have read” (WETA Public Broadcasting, 2018). Reading comprehension directly connects to an ability able to engage in and find purpose in reading. If a student cannot
identification of the research and reducing the possible weaknesses. After deciding the area of target and using appropriate sources to research, the results are needed to be interpreted. The information is required to be evaluated, which has been gathered with the modifications in searching. At this point, the gaps in the literature are required to be highlighted with the flaws while ensuring the pertinent issues for the future studies (Bryman & Bell, 2007). The research proposal is an important
This paper describes the study which tried to explore the relationship between self-esteem and writing performance of EFL learners in Iran. Data of this study were collected by administering a questionnaire of Rosenberg's self-esteem, a language proficiency test and a writing performance in two different genres, descriptive and narrative, administered twice each. The sample consisted of 50 English intermediate male learners took part at Nourelahi Language Institute in Tabriz. Pearson Correlation
series of written symbols. In Reading, our eyes ,our brain is work. Reading sometimes is silent or sometimes can be aloud which other people can hear. Reading is a receptive skill but when we read a text aloud is also a productive skill. As I mentioned , reading comprehension is getting meaning from a text; without understanding the meaning , reading is like a simple words that line from left to right. Reading have several faces which develop and improve by practice. Fluency is one of the reading's
I did not fully understand the process of writing well-rounded papers. I always considered myself a subpar writer. I believed that I was capable of meeting expectations rather than exceeding. College and high school English are drastically different. High school English was less demanding, while College English requires lots of focus
One research findings I find to be the most useful for individuals going through a separation process is “if they have children, they must become single parents and begin to learn to coparent.” (Clarke & Brentano 57) When a marriage with kids ends the relationship between both parents cannot end because they still share something very important, they share the custody of their kids. Being able to communicate even after the marriage ends is very important because how else both parent can do a good
BASIC BACKGROUND Watson is a question answering computer system capable of answering questions posed in natural language,[2] developed in IBM's DeepQA project by a research team led by principal investigator David Ferrucci.[3] Watson was named after IBM's first CEO and industrialist Thomas J. Watson.[4][5] The computer system was specifically developed to answer questions on the quiz show Jeopardy!.[6] In 2011, Watson competed on Jeopardy! against former winners Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings.[4][7]
CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK In this chapter of this research paper consists of the concept of writing ability, the concept of extensive reading, the relationship between writing and extensive reading, and the previous study. A. Concept of writing ability 1. Notion of writing Writing is one of the four skills that is necessary to be learned. According to Richard (1990, in Trong, 2011:121), writing skill is deemed to be difficult for EFL students in the language learning. It means that to be
For years the reading and writing processes have been thought of as two opposites, but research has begun to fuse reading and writing into parallel operations. Tompkins describes the reading process as a “negotiation” for meaning between reading and the text; it is the process that takes place between decoding/reading words and comprehending what is happening on the page. This process has five stages: pre-reading, reading, responding, exploring and applying. During the pre-reading stage a reader