Eye-tracking in teaching methods of reading in English

Authors

  • Alina Garipova

Keywords:

reading, reading process, teaching techniques, eye-tracking, BEC

Abstract

This article deals with the optimization of the process of performing reading tasks, based on Business English Certificates international exam. As part of the study, to evaluate the effectiveness of traditionally proposed reading strategies, as well as to identify new ones an experiment with an appliance of eye-tracking was conducted. The article also focuses on the types of reading, particularly on the phenomenon of “effective reading” and its principles.

References

Литература

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References

Rayner, K. (2009). Eye movements and attention in reading, scene perception, and visual search // The quarterly journal of experimental psychology. Vol. 62. Pp. 1457–1506. (In English)

Duchowski, A.T. (2007). Eye tracking methodology // Theory and practice. Issue 39. Pp. 201–228. (In English)

Brook-Hart, G. (2008). Business Benchmark. Teacher’s Resource Book: Advanced Higher. Cambridge University Press. 160 p. (In English)

O’Malley, J.M., Chamot A.U. (1990). Learning strategies in second language acquisition. Cambridge university press, 253 p. (In English)

Folomkina, S.K. (2005). Obuchenie chteniiu na inostrannom iazyke v neiazykovom vuze [Learning to read in a foreign language in a non-linguistic university]. Moskva: Vysshaia shkola, 205 p. (In Russian)

Carrell, P.L. (1998). Can reading strategies be successfully taught? //Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, Vol. 21. №. 1. Pp. 1–20. (In English)

Published

2018-09-09

Issue

Section

Innovative methods and competence-based approach in teaching foreign languages