Volume 25, No. 2 Effects of extensive reading on reading attitudes in a foreign language

Effects of extensive reading on reading attitudes in a foreign language

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Volume 25, No. 2
contributor.author:
Yamashita, Junko
date.accessioned:
2020-05-22T02:17:25Z
date.available:
2020-05-22T02:17:25Z
date.issued:
2013-10
description.abstract:
Extensive reading (ER) is an instructional option steadily gaining support and recognition in second language (L2) reading pedagogy. Even though many attempts have been made to unravel the impact of ER on L2 development, there is a paucity of investigation into the affective domains of reading. The current study helps fill this gap by examining the effect of ER on L2 reading attitude. Participants were 61 undergraduates learning English as a foreign language at a Japanese university. Five attitudinal variables were measured using a 22-item questionnaire scored on a Likert scale in the categories of Comfort, Anxiety, Intellectual Value, Practical Value, and Linguistic Value. After the removal of Linguistic Value because of a ceiling effect, the result showed increases in Comfort and Intellectual Value and a decrease in Anxiety, with no effect on Practical Value. Implications for research and pedagogy are discussed.
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endingpage:
263
identifier.doi:
10125/66872
identifier.issn:
1539-0578
identifier.uri:
http://hdl.handle.net/10125/66872
number:
2
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
rfl.topic:
Extensive Reading
site_url:
/rfl/item/282
startingpage:
248
subject:
extensive reading reading attitude English as a foreign language comfort anxiety value
title:
Effects of extensive reading on reading attitudes in a foreign language
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Article
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Text
volume:
25