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TitleOctober 2009 Issue of Reading in a Foreign Language
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The October 2009 issue (Volume 21, Number 2) of the electronic journal Reading in a Foreign Language (RFL) is now online and can be read at

http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl

In this issue, Jason Kok Khiang Loh reports on his investigation of teacher modeling in an extensive reading program in Singapore. Ying-Hsueh Cheng and Robert L. Good discuss the impact of glossing in L1 on reading comprehension and vocabulary retention. Joseph H. Bochner and Anne M. Bochner examine the extent to which printed text might serve as a source for language acquisition in learners with limited phonological knowledge of the spoken language. Sang-Ki Lee presents the results of his research on the role of topic congruence in reading comprehension. Kimi Kondo-Brown reports on her investigation of teaching both heritage language students and foreign language students in single-track upper-level university courses. Glenn Ole Hellekjær discusses his study of the academic English reading proficiency of Norwegian undergraduate and graduate students. Bong-gi Sohn reviews Literacy Research for Political Action and Social Change, edited by Mollie V. Blackburn and Caroline T. Clark. Heike Neumann reviews Teaching ESL/EFL Reading and Writing by I. S. Paul Nation. The feature, “Readings on L2 Reading: Publications in Other Venues,” presents references through 2008-2009.
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