Creating an extensive reading program incorporating cognitive and sociocultural approach and the educational effects of the program

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370670
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Fukuoka Prefectural University
• Principal Investigator: MIZUNO Kunitaro 福岡県立大学, 人間社会学部, 准教授 (40320840)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 多読 / ICT

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigated how the English proficiency can be enhanced through the combination of the cognitive and sociocultural approach to extensive reading. In terms of the cognitive approach, three new learning systems were developed on the Internet as follows: reading for speed and accuracy, spaced repetition system for chunk learning, dictogloss. While learners utilize those systems, they also joined a project named the Interactive Reading Community (IRC) which is based on the sociocultural approach. In order to see the educational benefits, the G-TELP test was given in April and December in 2017. The average score improved from 131.2 to 144.2. Especially, the score on the grammar section was significantly up 11.3 points on average compared with other sections. The difference in the score indicates that the dictogloss helped the learners cultivate how English grammar works while they read one graded reader per week outside the classroom in the IRC project.

Free Research Field

英語教育学