Case Study Extensive Reading
Procedure The extensive reading program was implemented for three months (one semester) by one teacher. Besides a twice-a-week reading class, students in both groups did extensive reading in their free time. Students in Group 1 had a regular extensive reading (ER) class, in which they simply read graded readers a lot. Students in Group 2 had an ER with collaborative activities class, in which they did some collaborative activities (Book Talk, Book Reports, and MReaders Quizzes) after doing extensive reading. At the beginning of the first ER class, students in both groups had a pre-questionnaire (Appendix A) to see their attitudes toward L2 reading. Then, a teacher explained what extensive reading is and some rules of extensive reading to the …show more content…
If the difference of the mean in Group 2 is bigger than that of group 1, I will say collaborative activities have a positive impact on L2 reading attitudes. The closed questions (yes/ no questions) will be also sued to see if collaborative activities work positively on students’ L2 reading attitudes. If the rate of positive answer (yes) is higher than that of Group 1, it can be said the activities have a positive impact on their L2 reading attitudes. Although the purpose of this study is to see if collaborative activities have a positive influence on students’ L2 reading attitudes, students’ evaluation of individual activities will be also examined. If the mean of each item is higher than 2.5, the middle point in Likert scale 1 (= boring or poor) to 5 (=very interesting or excellent), those three activities are interesting and effective for improving their English …show more content…
First, the term for the treatment may not be long enough. Students had the extensive reading program only for three months. It is said that one million words should be read to see the clear effects of extensive reading (Sakai, 2002). In order to achieve reading one million words, three months would be too short to see the effects. It might be difficult for students to feel the improvement of their English ability through extensive reading. On the other hand, three months would be enough to feel what extensive reading is and reduce the anxiety of L2 reading. The term three months would be enough to influence on students’ attitudes toward L2 reading, but it might not be enough for students to feel their improvement of English
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