Text difficulty in extensive reading: Reading comprehension and reading motivation
dc.contributor.author | Yang, Ya-Han | |
dc.contributor.author | Chu, Hsi-Chin | |
dc.contributor.author | Tseng, Wen-Ta | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-15T17:53:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-04-15T17:53:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-04-15 | |
dc.description.abstract | This 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.citation | Yang, 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.issn | 1539-0578 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/67394 | |
dc.publisher | University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center | |
dc.publisher | Center for Language & Technology | |
dc.subject | extensive reading | |
dc.subject | foreign language reading | |
dc.subject | text difficulty | |
dc.subject | reading comprehension | |
dc.subject | reading motivation | |
dc.title | Text difficulty in extensive reading: Reading comprehension and reading motivation | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.type.dcmi | Text | |
prism.endingpage | 102 | |
prism.number | 1 | |
prism.startingpage | 78 | |
prism.volume | 33 |
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