Foreign-language students’ reading competence in CLIL context

What is it about?

Foreign-language students’ reading competence in CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) contexts constitutes one of the critical skills to grasp content. The main objective of this article is to analyze silent reading fluency to observe university students’ reading competence. Data has been collected using a word segmentation test in first and foreign language, as well as a test that diagnosed their foreign language reading comprehension level. The main results show students’ low level of reading competence and poses the usefulness of measuring students’ silent reading to diagnose their reading difficulties.

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