Volume 36, No. 1 Can beginner JFL learners do ER? Text comprehension, reading rate, materials, and reading targets for beginner JFL reading

Can beginner JFL learners do ER? Text comprehension, reading rate, materials, and reading targets for beginner JFL reading

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Volume 36, No. 1
contributor.author:
Mohar, Brett
date.accessioned:
2024-08-16T00:58:39Z
date.available:
2024-08-16T00:58:39Z
date.copyright:
2024
date.issued:
2024-08-19
description.abstract:
L2 extensive reading (ER) research primarily studies intermediate and upper-intermediate learners, but few studies investigate beginners. This study addresses this gap by reporting on beginner Japanese as Foreign Language (JFL) learners’ attempts to do ER according to Waring and McLean’s (2015) ER principles. In this study, 13 second-semester undergraduate JFL learners were tasked with doing ER as homework for 18 weeks, self-reporting their comprehension and reading time for a total of 190 texts. Their data indicated a preference for graded readers (k = 187) over children’s literature (k = 3) and that a 45-text reading target over 18 weeks was unattainable with these materials. On average, learners reported understanding about 78% of what they read and spending seven minutes to complete a reading, with variations influenced by material, text genre, and student. The results demonstrate how materials, text genre, student reading speed, and reading habits impact the effectiveness of beginner ER and the attainability of reading targets.
endingpage:
30
format.extent:
30
identifier.citation:
Mohar, B. (2024). Can beginner JFL learners do ER? Text comprehension, reading rate, materials, and reading targets for beginner JFL reading. Reading in a Foreign Language, 36(1). 1-30. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/67468
identifier.issn:
1539-0578
identifier.uri:
https://hdl.handle.net/10125/67468
number:
1
publicationname:
Reading in a Foreign Language
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
rights.license:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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/rfl/item/604
startingpage:
1
subject:
Extensive Reading, Japanese as a Foreign Language, foreign language reading, second language reading, reading programs, graded readers, reading target attainability, beginner learners, materials selection
title:
Can beginner JFL learners do ER? Text comprehension, reading rate, materials, and reading targets for beginner JFL reading
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Article Text
volume:
36