A Case Study of an Adult EFL Learner’s Reading Strategy Use and Perceptions of Reading Assistance Software
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Adult Korean learners stand to benefit from having access to digital tools and software that theycan use to improve their English proficiency autonomously. Free voluntary surfing has beenproposed to encourage L2 learners to improve their L2 proficiency but excessive unknownvocabulary in the authentic online materials prevents learners from accessing these texts. Reading assistance software allows the learner to gloss any unknown words they find in the textand indicate their level of knowledge of newly-encountered vocabulary. However, questionspersist regarding how learners might experience and use this software. This study examined theperceptions and reading strategies of an adult Korean EFL learner as she used reading assistancesoftware to engage in free voluntary web surfing. Observations and semi-structured interviewswere conducted with the participant as she used the reading assistance software to readself-selected texts online. Findings indicated that she engaged in several potentially innovativeand productive reading strategies to comprehend the text and learn new vocabulary. Severalunique affordances of the software as well as a number of its more potentially seriouslimitations also emerged through her interactions with the software.
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Adult Korean learners stand to benefit from having access to digital tools and software that theycan use to improve their English proficiency autonomously. Free voluntary surfing has beenproposed to encourage L2 learners to improve their L2 proficiency but excessive unknownvocabulary in the authentic online materials prevents learners from accessing these texts. Reading assistance software allows the learner to gloss any unknown words they find in the textand indicate their level of knowledge of newly-encountered vocabulary. However, questionspersist regarding how learners might experience and use this software. This study examined theperceptions and reading strategies of an adult Korean EFL learner as she used reading assistancesoftware to engage in free voluntary web surfing. Observations and semi-structured interviewswere conducted with the participant as she used the reading assistance software to readself-selected texts online. Findings indicated that she engaged in several potentially innovativeand productive reading strategies to comprehend the text and learn new vocabulary. Severalunique affordances of the software as well as a number of its more potentially seriouslimitations also emerged through her interactions with the software.
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