Volume 41
Readiness of College Students in Taiwan to Read to Learn from Texts in English
In Taiwan, college teachers require their students to study scholarly works in English. Over the past five years, universities in Taiwan have been proposing that college content courses be instructed only in English. It is relevant, therefore, that this method of instruction be subject to scrutiny with regard to the field of teaching English as a second language.
Chinese Literacy-Learning Strategy Impact on English Reading Development: A Case Study of Taiwanese Learners of English
While recent research has demonstrated that L1 literacy aids L2 literacy acquisition, in the case of varying scripts, not all L1 literacy skills can be successfully applied to the L2 domain. While most students will eventually identify more efficient L2 learning strategies on their own, struggling students may fall behind and eventually give up on L2 learning if they are not explicitly taught how to access the L2 script.
