Conducting Second Language Reading Research: A Methodological Guide Resources

This database had its inception in 1991 with the publication of Reading Development in a Second Language (Bernhardt, 1991). Influenced by Guthrie, Seifert, and Mosberg (1983), the 1991 database was constructed from a review of an array of journals frequently referenced by teachers and researchers in the English-speaking world as well as from a set of edited volumes. It resulted in a collation of 121 published research studies. Nine thematic categories resulted: word recognition; background knowledge factors; text-structure analyses; oral-aural factors; syntactic features; cross-lingual processing strategies; metacognitive strategies; testing methods; and instruction. Within each of the nine categories, number of subjects as well as the language of focus; independent variables; dependent variables; and findings were distilled. Over the years, several expansions of the database have been conducted. By 2011, 25 journals had been explored. These include The Modern Language Journal, Applied Linguistics, TESOL Quarterly, Foreign Language Annals, Language Learning, Reading Research Quarterly, Journal of Literacy Behavior, NABE Journal, Die Unterrichtspraxis, Hispania, French Review, ADFL Bulletin, CALICO Journal, AERJ, Journal of Research in Reading, Research and Reading Instruction, Reading and Writing, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Second Language Research, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, Reading Teacher, Reading Improvement, RELC Journal, Reading in a Foreign Language, and The Reading Matrix.. Searching through the years 1998-2008 yielded over 200 studies for analysis and several additional journal titles (The Language Learning Journal, Applied Psycholinguistics, Scientific Studies of Reading, and Reading Psychology). The resulting spreadsheet includes a total of 776 individual articles as of 2019. Each article is coded according to general theme of the research; number of subjects, languages, and tasks. A brief list of findings is included.

本数据库肇始于1991年，随《第二语言阅读发展》（Reading Development in a Second Language，Bernhardt, 1991）的出版而建立。受Guthrie、Seifert与Mosberg（1983）的研究启发，1991年版数据库通过梳理英语世界教师与研究者频繁引用的一系列期刊，以及多部汇编文集搭建而成，最终整合了121项已发表的研究成果。该数据库共划分出9个主题类别：词汇识别、背景知识因素、语篇结构分析、听说因素、句法特征、跨语言加工策略、元认知策略、测试方法以及教学实践。在每个类别之下，均提炼出了研究样本量、目标语言、自变量、因变量以及研究发现等核心信息。

多年来，该数据库历经多次扩充。截至2011年，已梳理涵盖25种期刊，包括：《现代语言杂志》（The Modern Language Journal）、《应用语言学》（Applied Linguistics）、《TESOL季刊》（TESOL Quarterly）、《外语年鉴》（Foreign Language Annals）、《语言学习》（Language Learning）、《阅读研究季刊》（Reading Research Quarterly）、《读写行为期刊》（Journal of Literacy Behavior）、《NABE期刊》（NABE Journal）、《教学实践》（Die Unterrichtspraxis）、《西班牙研究》（Hispania）、《法语评论》（French Review）、《ADFL通报》（ADFL Bulletin）、《CALICO期刊》（CALICO Journal）、AERJ、《阅读研究期刊》（Journal of Research in Reading）、《研究与阅读教学》（Research and Reading Instruction）、《阅读与写作》（Reading and Writing）、《第二语言习得研究》（Studies in Second Language Acquisition）、《第二语言研究》（Second Language Research）、《青少年与成人读写期刊》（Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy）、《阅读教师》（Reading Teacher）、《阅读提升》（Reading Improvement）、《RELC期刊》（RELC Journal）、《外语阅读》（Reading in a Foreign Language）以及《阅读矩阵》（The Reading Matrix）。

在1998至2008年间的文献检索中，又新增了200余项可供分析的研究，同时补充了另外4种期刊：《语言学习期刊》（The Language Learning Journal）、《应用心理语言学》（Applied Psycholinguistics）、《阅读科学研究》（Scientific Studies of Reading）以及《阅读心理学》（Reading Psychology）。截至2019年，最终形成的电子表格共收录776篇独立文献。每篇文献均按照研究的核心主题、样本量、涉及语言及研究任务进行编码，并附带简要的研究发现列表。