Volume 30, No. 1 Increasing reading self-efficacy and reading amount in EFL learners with word-targets

Increasing reading self-efficacy and reading amount in EFL learners with word-targets

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Volume 30, No. 1
contributor.author:
McLean, Stuart Poulshock, Joseph
date.accessioned:
2020-05-22T02:27:30Z
date.available:
2020-05-22T02:27:30Z
date.issued:
2018-04
description.abstract:
We compared three methods for increasing reading amount and reading self-efficacy among L2 learners. (1) We required a word-target group to read at least 2,500 words a week outside class. (2) We required a sustained silent reading (SSR) group to do (a) in class SSR for 15 minutes every week, and (b) to read one book per week. (3) We required a comparison group to read one book per week. In the post-treatment period, we required all participants to read one book per week outside class, and during the post-treatment, the word-target group read significantly more, relative to a previously established baseline. We argue that learners in the word-target group internalized extrinsic motivation from the word-targets, and this led them to do more free reading and increase their reading self-efficacy more than the other groups.
endingpage:
91
identifier.doi:
https://doi.org/10.64152/10125/66739
identifier.issn:
1539-0578
identifier.uri:
https://hdl.handle.net/10125/66739
number:
1
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
rfl.topic:
Extensive Reading
site_url:
/rfl/item/399
startingpage:
76
subject:
additive reading Sustained Silent Reading reading targets MReader extensive reading
title:
Increasing reading self-efficacy and reading amount in EFL learners with word-targets
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Article
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Text
volume:
30