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The Effect of Extensive Reading on Students' Ability to Predict Following Text and Increase Reading Speed

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K01140
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Educational technology
Research InstitutionKyoto Sangyo University

Principal Investigator

ROBB Thomas  京都産業大学, その他(名誉教授), 名誉教授 (30148366)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 神谷 健一  大阪工業大学, 知的財産学部, 准教授 (50388352)
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywords多読学習法 / 講読速度 / リーディング / 予測力 / extensive reading / cloze test / predictive ability / placement test / reading / prediction / cloze / testing / reading level / cloze tests / reading speed / English / online practice / 英語 / 語学修得 / 教育ソフト
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Fluent readers do not focus on each word while reading since much is predictable from the context and syntactic clues. Yet one reason that learners must read slowly is that they lack this ability to predict what is coming next. This project aimed to demonstrate, through the “Scrolling Cloze” (“SC”) software developed by the author, that students, through their extensive reading, improve their ability to predict what will come next. The results indicate that the students’ improvement in the number of correct answers correlated highly with the number of words read throughout the year, but not directly with any other measure such as improvement in their TOEFL scores, increases in overall reading speed or other online practice activities.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

学校で英語を教えるときは、英語の文法と基本的な語彙を習得することに重点が置かれますが、生徒に英語を使って練習させる時間はほとんどありません。多読は、英語の学習者が簡単な本を読んで一般的な単語や文法構文を何度も見て練習する方法です。言語コミュニケーションは複雑なプロセスであり、脳は同時に複数のタスクを処理する必要があります。多読学習は効果的であると実証されているが、それを機能させるメカニズムについてはほとんど研究されていません。この研究は、読むときに次に来る単語や文法を推測するプロセスを検討し、多読学習を通じて、生徒が次に来ることを予測する能力を得るのに役立つことを示しています。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (16 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Open Access: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results,  Invited: 2 results) Remarks (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] The Effect of Extensive Reading on Students' Ability to Predict Following Text and Increase Reading Speed2020

    • Author(s)
      Thomas Robb & Kenichi Kamiya
    • Journal Title

      Academia.edu

      Volume: ー Pages: 1-17

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 後続語予測能力と読書速度の向上を目指した学習者の多読学習法の効果について2020

    • Author(s)
      Thomas Robb & 神谷健一
    • Journal Title

      Academia.edu

      Volume: ー Pages: 1-17

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The Effect of Extensive Reading on Students' Ability to Predict Following Text and Increase Reading Speed(申請中)2020

    • Author(s)
      Thomas Robb & Kenichi Kamiya
    • Journal Title

      Extensive Reading in Japan (ERJ)

      Volume: ー

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] The "Scrolling Cloze" app for reading level placement2019

    • Author(s)
      Thomas Robb
    • Organizer
      GLoCALL 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Cloze Encounters of a Different Kind2018

    • Author(s)
      Thomas Robb
    • Organizer
      JALT Pan-SIG, May 19, 2018, Toyo Gakuen, Tokyo
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Scrolling Cloze for quick assessment of reading level2018

    • Author(s)
      Thomas Robb
    • Organizer
      CALICO May 31, 2018, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Scrolling Cloze app for reading level placement2018

    • Author(s)
      Thomas Robb
    • Organizer
      GLoCALL 2018 Aug. 18, 2018, Suzhou, China
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The Scrolling Cloze Test as a Measurement Tool2018

    • Author(s)
      Thomas Robb & Kenichi Kamiya
    • Organizer
      WorldCALL Nov. 18, 2018, Concepcion, Chile
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Scrolling Cloze Activity2018

    • Author(s)
      Thomas Robb
    • Organizer
      2018 TESOL Convention, Chicago, U.S.A.
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A Call for 21st Century Reading2017

    • Author(s)
      Thomas Robb
    • Organizer
      TESOL 2017 (Seattle, WA, USA)
    • Place of Presentation
      Seattle, Washinton, USA
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-22
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Scrolling Cloze activity for measuring reading fluency2017

    • Author(s)
      Thomas Robb & Ken'ichi Kamiya
    • Organizer
      GLoCALL 2017, Brunei
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Assessing reading speed and accuracy using the Scrolling Cloze Activity2017

    • Author(s)
      Thomas Robb & Ken'ichi Kamiya
    • Organizer
      外国語教育メディア学会(LET)関西支部
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Scrolling Cloze placement test

    • URL

      http://langconcepts.com/sc5

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report 2017 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Extensive Reading to Predict Following Text

    • URL

      https://www.academia.edu/42964747/The_Effect_of_Extensive_Reading_on_Students_Ability_to_Predict_Following_Text_and_Increase_Reading_Speed

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 後続語予測能力と読書速度の向上を目指した学習者の 多読学習法の効果について

    • URL

      https://www.academia.edu/42948897/

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      https://langconcepts.com/sc5/index.php

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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