Developing reading fluency: A study of extensive reading in EFL

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dc.contributor.authorIwahori, Yurika
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-22T02:05:52Z
dc.date.available2020-05-22T02:05:52Z
dc.date.issued2008-04
dc.description.abstractDue to the great interest of practitioners on reading fluency in first language (L1) and second language (L2) English classroom settings, fluency has become a hot topic. A number of studies have suggested that an extensive reading (ER) program can lead to improvement of L2 learners’ reading rate; however, studies about high school students are scarce. Inspired by current issues in reading and previous ER investigations, this study examined the effectiveness of ER on reading rates of high school students in Japan. In this study, students were provided with graded readers and comic books as reading material they would find enjoyable. Pretests and posttests of reading rate and language proficiency were administered and a t test was used to compare means of the rates and language proficiency within groups. Results indicate that ER is an effective approach to improve students’ rate and general language proficiency.
dc.identifier.doi10125/66626
dc.identifier.issn1539-0578
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/66626
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center
dc.publisherCenter for Language & Technology
dc.subjectextensive reading
dc.subjectreading rate
dc.subjectreading fluency
dc.subjectautomaticity
dc.subject1-minute reading probe
dc.subjectt test
dc.subjectC-test
dc.titleDeveloping reading fluency: A study of extensive reading in EFL
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.dcmiText
local.rfl.topicExtensive Reading
prism.endingpage91
prism.number1
prism.startingpage70
prism.volume20

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