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From http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl/

The October 2015 issue of Reading in a Foreign Language, from our sister LRC the National Foreign Language Resource Center, is available online at http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl/October2015/

This issue begins as a special issue, “Connections between Second Language Reading and Writing”, edited by Betsy Gilliland and Jeongyeon (Jay) Park.

This special issue includes six regular articles. Two articles focus on adding reading interventions to language classes and evaluating the impact of those interventions on L2 college students’ writing.  The next three articles consider the effects of integrated reading and writing instruction on students’ abilities to write from and with sources. In the final article, Betsy Gilliland draws on classroom observation and audio data to examine connections between education policy and instructional practice.

In addition, there are three articles that continue the discussion of extensive reading that first appeared in the April 2015 issue of RFL.

This edition includes RFL’s annual feature, "Readings on L2 Reading: Publications in Other Venues" presenting references through 2014-2015 by Cindy Brantmeier, Haley Dolosic, Lyndsie Schultz, Cristian Aquino-Sterling, and Tracy Van Bishop.