Effects of reading questions on EFL learners' comprehension of expository texts in critical reading instruction

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370657
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University
• Principal Investigator: Isaji Tsunehisa 岐阜聖徳学園大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (20586482)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: リーディング指導 / 説明文読解 / 批判的思考力

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Results of this study suggest (1 ) reading a passage critically enhance learners to construct their opinions on the content, (2) inferential and evaluative questions lead learners both to deep comprehension and critical reading, and (3) the reading lessons, consisting of the three stages: (a ) grasping the outline of the passage using fact-finding questions, (b) arriving at a deep understanding of the passage by asking inferential questions, and (c) considering the passage by answering and creating questions about the content, improve the students’ critical thinking ability significantly.

Free Research Field

英語教育学