10122612 final defense
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Final defense
Professor: Dr. Teresa Hsu
Presenter: Sabrina Wu
Date: 2013.01.07
Table of ContentsTable of Contents
Introduction
Literature Review
Methodology
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Introduction
Background of the study
Purpose of the study
Research Questions
Background of the study
Second language reading has been broadly recognized.
The use of reading strategies have been the focus of successful reading comprehension.
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Purpose of the study
In order to evaluate what learning motivation influence the senior high students to learn vocabulary trough extra reading
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Research Questions
What kind of learning motivation attracts EFL learners (senior high students) to learn vocabulary through extensive reading?
What does reading strategies influences the senior high school students (EFL) to learn vocabulary?
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Literature Review
The definition of reading
Reading strategy and Their Classifications
Reading strategies of Effective and Ineffective Learners
The studies of Reading instruction
Reading strategies of Male and Female Learners
The definition of reading
is a skill, tool, and process
be learned and mastered by individual
way to get information from something that was written
a receptive behavior in knowledge acquisition
(Goodman, 1967)
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Reading strategy and Their Classi-fications
previewing predicting skimming scanning contextual guessing,
reading for meaning
distinguishing fact and opinion
finding main ideas
asking oneself questions
utilizing background knowledge
recognizing text structure
making a story outline
making a timeline
making inferences
reading for specific information
taking notes in a chart
summarizing using 6 Wh-question,
making graphic organizers
(Block, 1986; Singhal, 2001)
Reading strategies of Effective and Ineffective Learners
Successful readers keep the meaning of the passage in mind when reading.
Unsuccessful readers lose the meaning of the sentences when reading. (Hosenfeld, 1977)
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The studies of Reading instruction
requires learners to do a lot of reading practice over an extended period of time and to have a lot of exposure to reading
instructors are failing to teach learners strategies, whether they are effective or not, and can’t show them how to use effective strategies to obtain comprehension from reading.
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Reading strategies of Male and Female Learners
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female use more strategies > male
males use more strategies > females
there are no significant differences between males and females
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Methodology
Participants
Procedure
Measurement
Participants
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Participants
About 180 senior high students
Who major in Applied Foreign Language
They are divided 3 levels
The location is in Chunghwa
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Procedures
Give reading article
Test participants’ language level
Pick out top 5 students and bottom 5 students
To process questionnaire and think-aloud protocol
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Measurements
Reading article Questionnaire Think-aloud protocol
Thanks for listening.
Happy New Year
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