The Effects of EFL Extensive Reading on Reading Rates for Japanese University Students

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370629
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Osaka Prefecture University
• Principal Investigator: Inagaki Shuchun 大阪府立大学, 高等教育推進機構, 准教授 (50405354)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 稲垣 俊史 同志社大学, グローバル地域文化学部, 教授 (00316019)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 教授法・カリキュラム論

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Beglar, Hunt, & Kite (2012) implemented extensive reading to English classes at a Japanese university and showed that the more the students read, the faster their reading rates become. However, their data also indicate that the more proficient the students are, the more they read and hence the faster their reading rates become. We conducted a study to examine which interpretation is correct, taking into consideration the learners’ proficiency levels at the onset of the study. The analysis of the data is in progress and the results to be reported soon.

Free Research Field

外国語教育