BRETT MILLINER
I'm an associate professor in the Center for English as a Lingua Franca (CELF), Tamagawa University. My research interests include computer-assisted language learning (CALL), L2 listening, and extensive reading. Recent publications include Explicit Listening Strategy Training for ELF Learners (with Dimoski, 2019), Digital Literacies and Study Abroad (with Cote, 2019), and a chapter titled, Computer-Assisted Language Testing and Learner Behaviour (with Barr, 2020), in a new book, Technology and the Psychology of Second-language learners.
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Reading Fluency Training for EFL Learners
This presentation reports on a quasi-experimental study tracing a reading fluency training program for 74 lower-proficiency (CEFR A2) EFL learners at a Japanese university. Learners engaged in extensive reading, and practiced timed reading and repeated oral reading during class time over the semester-long treatment. A comparison between the pre- and post-training reading rates and reading section scores for the TOEIC test revealed the program significantly elevated participants’ reading fluency.