Enhancing extensive reading with data-driven learning

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2017-10-01

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University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center
Michigan State University Center for Language Education and Research

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21

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3

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131

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152

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This paper investigates using data-driven learning (DDL) as a means of stimulating greater lexicogrammatical knowledge and reading speed among lower proficiency learners in an extensive reading program. For 16 weekly 90-minute sessions, an experimental group (12 students) used DDL materials created from a corpus developed from the Oxford Bookworms Graded Readers, while a control group (10 students) had no DDL input. Both classes were required to read a minimum of 200,000 words during the course. An embedded-experiment design (Edmonds & Kennedy, 2017) was adopted consisting of both qualitative and quantitative forms of investigation. Quantitative data from the Vocabulary Levels Test by Nation and Beglar (2007) and a C-test (Klein-Braley & Raatz, 1984) constructed from an upper-level Bookworms reader found statistically significant lexicogrammatical improvements for both groups, but greater improvement took place within the control group. Qualitative data derived from a repertory grid analysis of student constructs revealed several possible reasons for the experimental group’s lack of engagement with DDL. The study concludes that careful attention to students’ learning preferences and a softening of the DDL approach may ensure better results with lower proficiency learners.

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Data-Driven Learning, Extensive Reading, Lower Proficiency Learners

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Hadley, G., & Charles, M. (2017). Enhancing extensive reading with data-driven learning. Language Learning & Technology, 21(3), 131–152. Retrieved from http://llt.msu.edu/issues/october2017/hadleycharles.pdf

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http://hdl.handle.net/10125/44624

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Volume 21 Number 3, October 2017 Special Issue on Corpora in Language Learning and Teaching
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