2014Procedia - Social and Behavioral SciencesOpen access

A New Look at Comprehension in EFL/ESL Reading Classes

Azam Namjoo, Amir Marzban

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Reading is one of the greatest pleasures we experience in our lives. It helps us to be entertained and educated. However, some people find it boring and struggling experience, especially when it comes to reading in a second or foreign language. (Farrel, 2009).The purpose of this article is to review a set of previously published articles in regard to reading comprehension. Having reviewed the related literature, the current problem in reading comprehension is stated and consequently, the findings of this study contribute to a new insight into reading comprehension .Finally a summary of findings is made.

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Reading is one of the greatest pleasures we experience in our lives. It helps us to be entertained and educated. However, some people find it boring and struggling experience, especially when it comes to reading in a second or foreign language. (Farrel, 2009).The purpose of this article is to review a set of previously published articles in regard to reading comprehension. Having reviewed the related literature, the current problem in reading comprehension is stated and consequently, the findings of this study contribute to a new insight into reading comprehension .Finally a summary of findings is made.

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Reading is one of the greatest pleasures we experience in our lives. It helps us to be entertained and educated. However, some people find it boring and struggling experience, especially when it comes to reading in a second or foreign language. (Farrel, 2009).The purpose of this article is to review a set of previously published articles in regard to reading comprehension. Having reviewed the related literature, the current problem in reading comprehension is stated and consequently, the findings of this study contribute to a new insight into reading comprehension .Finally a summary of findings is made.

Key concepts: Reading comprehension, Reading (process), Comprehension, Set (abstract data type), Linguistics, Foreign language, Psychology, Computer science

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