study has gathered data on motivation to read. Results show that Arzanah’s female students are not highly motivated to read. The following discussion presents explanation of the most significant findings and connection between the research questions and results. Importance of reading The research study shows that the majority of freshman students read from none book to 1 book in a month. By comparison, people in India spend 10 hours’ and 42 minutes per week reading which is about 1 hour and
is important to consider the reading capability of students because reading is the foundation of all academic learning. Hence, if pupils fail to master basic reading skills at the outset, consequently, they would have a constant struggle to other disciplines. Thus, depriving them of the chance to become literate and productive individuals (The Philippine Star, 2012). Obviously, the ultimate purpose of reading is comprehension. Therefore, it is absolute that no reading takes place when there is no
The aim of the current study was to investigate the reasons behind Saudi learners’ poor reading skills. To this end, the objectives were to identify the reading habits of Saudi English as a Foreign Language high school learners, to understand the extent to which Saudi high learners use reading comprehension skills and to explore the perceptions of learners, teachers and supervisors regarding Saudi learners’ reading abilities. The study sample consisted of 40 Saudi high school students, 30 teachers
The study " An evaluation of two approaches for teaching reading comprehension strategies in the primary rears using science information texts" was written by D. Ray Reutzel et al. They evaluated two approaches for teaching comprehension strategies to 7- and 8- children in four second grade classrooms using science information texts. The first approach is SSI and the second one is TTI. I noticed that the research is rich in approaches and techniques, which can be a guide to me and a good work to
Literature The following review of literature is a description and summary of the research results that inspired and guided the study. Included are the findings of the study that investigated effective teaching practices in reading and factors affecting adolescent readers. Theories of Reading According to Vygotsky (1978), learning is a social process; thus classrooms must represent social places. The best classroom environment for struggling readers is one where they can think and talk aloud with their classmates
The reading this week from the Mision to Learn blog introduced this quote by Malcom Knowles "The “why” of self-directed learning is survival—your own survival as an individual,and also the survival of the human race. Clearly, we are not talking here about something that would be nice or desirable….We are talking about a basic human competence—the ability to learn on one’s own—that has suddenly become a prerequisite for living in this new world."– Malcom Knowles, 1975" Another way of saying this
This paper expose some studies that show how teachers in development have used stories to help kids to learn English by developing language skills (Porras, 2010), and why many of the stories for infants are useful tools to activate students’ motivation and facilitate learning of a foreign language (Abu Rass and Holozman, 2010).
ACTION RESEARCH: THE USE OF AUTHENTIC MATERIALS IN READING CLASS FOR SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS MAJORING IN ENGLISH AT HUE UNIVERSITY – COLLEGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES I. INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale Recently, English has become more and more popular around the world. It is the official language in a great number of countries as it is estimated that the number of people using English to communicate on a regular basis is two billion (The English Language Centre Eastbourne, 2013). English is also considered
Some of these activities are games, riddles, joke and other. I will mention intrinsic motivation and the positive consequence it can have on learning a foreign language. In the last section of my paper I will analyse a coursebook for Slovenian primary schools and try to confirm my thesis. 2 The Pleasure Principle According to Freud (1922)
In a classroom the learners’ read various kinds of texts. Reading text includes texts from all the different subjects such as English, social sciences, and science etc. These texts differ from each other in terms of both content and organization. The fact that the nature and composition of these texts differ; thus the approaches to comprehend the text must also be different. Reading as Kalpan (2002) states: “It is a rapid, strategic, interactive and purposeful process