Annalene van Staden
Reading in a second language: Considering the "simple view of reading" as a foundation to support ESL readers in Lesotho, Southern Africa
globally reading proficiency major area difficulty english secondlanguage esl learnersthis research inter alia utilised quantitative quasiexperimental pretestposttest research design address paucity evidencebased secondlanguage reading research internationally well subsaharan africa lesotho particular determine secondlanguage learners l2 experimental group improve l2 reading abilities exposed reading intervention strategies based simple view readingdrawing psycholinguistic cognitive linguistic principles authors considered working model develop reading strategies support esl learners lesotho experienced significant delays l2 reading abilities comprehensionin present study strategies based simple view reading included inter alia effective language exposure building rich vocabulary improving reading fluency word recognition abilities creating sociolinguistic opportunities develop vocabulary enhance reading comprehension example creating word wall interactive storybook reading application request reading methodresults quantitative study demonstrated grade 4 esl learners experimental group n36 significantly outperformed control group n36 regard sight word fluency word recognition syntactic awareness vocabulary knowledge reading comprehensionas move forward attempt understand nuances creating responsive reading environment support esl learners reading development assessing effectiveness strategies improve reading skills essential