Text difficulty in extensive reading: Reading comprehension and reading motivation

dc.contributor.authorYang, Ya-Han
dc.contributor.authorChu, Hsi-Chin
dc.contributor.authorTseng, Wen-Ta
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-15T17:53:41Z
dc.date.available2021-04-15T17:53:41Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-15
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the effects of the text difficulty of extensive reading materials on the reading comprehension and reading motivation of English as a foreign language (EFL) vocational high school students in Taiwan. Two experimental groups were assigned, on an individual basis, to read graded readers at either one level below (‘i-1’) or one level beyond (‘i+1’) their current level, while a control group followed their regular curriculum. The results showed that after treatment, the ‘i-1’ group improved their overall comprehension and the subset of literal comprehension. They also outperformed the ‘i+1’ group on the same measures. For reading motivation, the ‘i+1’ group’s overall motivation was promoted. Both groups enhanced their reading engagement, while only the ‘i-1’ group inhibited reading avoidance. Moreover, the ‘i+1’ group outperformed the ‘i-1’ group in the perception of self-efficacy. Overall, the ‘i-1’ level yielded better effects on reading comprehension; the ‘i+1’ level, on reading motivation.
dc.identifier.citationYang, Y-.H., Chu, H-.C., & Tseng, W-.T. (2021). Text difficulty in extensive reading: Reading comprehension and reading motivation. Reading in a Foreign Language, 33(1), 78-102. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/67394
dc.identifier.issn1539-0578
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/67394
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center
dc.publisherCenter for Language & Technology
dc.subjectextensive reading
dc.subjectforeign language reading
dc.subjecttext difficulty
dc.subjectreading comprehension
dc.subjectreading motivation
dc.titleText difficulty in extensive reading: Reading comprehension and reading motivation
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.dcmiText
prism.endingpage102
prism.number1
prism.startingpage78
prism.volume33

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