Reading rate gains during a one-semester extensive reading course

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dc.contributor.authorHuffman, Jeffrey
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-22T02:19:36Z
dc.date.available2020-05-22T02:19:36Z
dc.date.issued2014-10
dc.description.abstractExtensive reading (ER) is an effective way to provide large amounts of comprehensible input to foreign language learners, but many teachers and administrators remain unconvinced, and it has been argued that there is still insufficient evidence to support the claims that have been made regarding its benefits. Few studies have looked at ER’s effect on reading fluency. This article reports on an investigation of the reading rate gains of Japanese nursing college freshmen during a one-semester ER course, with students in an intensive reading (IR) course serving as the comparison group (N = 66). The ER group achieved significantly higher reading rate gains (20.73 wpm) than the IR group (-.62 wpm), without sacrificing comprehension. These results add to a growing body of empirical evidence of the effectiveness of ER.
dc.identifier.doi10125/66879
dc.identifier.issn1539-0578
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/66879
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center
dc.publisherCenter for Language & Technology
dc.subjectreading
dc.subjectextensive reading
dc.subjectreading fluency
dc.subjectreading rate
dc.subjectreading speed
dc.subjectEFL/ESL reading
dc.subjectsecond language reading
dc.titleReading rate gains during a one-semester extensive reading course
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.dcmiText
local.rfl.topicExtensive Reading
prism.endingpage33
prism.number2
prism.startingpage17
prism.volume26

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