Final proposal

Professor: Dr. Teresa Hsu

Presenter: Sabrina Wu

Date: 2013.01.07

Table of ContentsTable of Contents

Introduction

Literature Review

Methodology

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Introduction

Background of the study

Purpose of the study

Research Questions

Background of the study

Second language reading has been broadly recognized.

The use of reading strategies have been the focus of successful reading comprehension.

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Purpose of the study

In order to evaluate what learning motivation influence the senior high students to learn vocabulary trough extra reading

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Research Questions

What kind of learning motivation attracts EFL learners (senior high students) to learn vocabulary through extensive reading?

What does reading strategies influences the senior high school students (EFL) to learn vocabulary?

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Literature Review

The definition of reading

Reading strategy and Their Classifications

Reading strategies of Effective and Ineffective Learners

The studies of Reading instruction

Reading strategies of Male and Female Learners

The definition of reading

is a skill, tool, and process

be learned and mastered by individual

way to get information from something that was written

a receptive behavior in knowledge acquisition

(Goodman, 1967)

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Reading strategy and Their Classi-fications

previewing predicting skimming scanning contextual guessing,

reading for meaning

distinguishing fact and opinion

finding main ideas

asking oneself questions

utilizing background knowledge

recognizing text structure

making a story outline

making a timeline

making inferences

reading for specific information

taking notes in a chart

summarizing using 6 Wh-question,

making graphic organizers

(Block, 1986; Singhal, 2001)

Reading strategies of Effective and Ineffective Learners

Successful readers keep the meaning of the passage in mind when reading.

Unsuccessful readers lose the meaning of the sentences when reading. (Hosenfeld, 1977)

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The studies of Reading instruction

Requires learners to do a lot of reading practice over an extended period of time and to have a lot of exposure to reading.

Instructors are failing to teach learners strategies, whether they are effective or not, and can’t show them how to use effective strategies to obtain comprehension from reading.

11(Aebersold & Fielding, 1997; Garner, 1987; Pressley & Afflerbach, 1995)

Reading strategies of Male and Female Learners

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female use more strategies > male

males use more strategies > females

there are no significant differences between males and females

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Methodology

Participants

Procedure

Measurement

Participants

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Participants

About 180 senior high students

Who major in Applied Foreign Language

They are divided 3 levels

The location is in Chunghwa

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Procedures

Give reading article

Test participants’ language level

Pick out top 5 students and bottom 5 students

To process questionnaire and think-aloud protocol

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Measurements

Reading article Questionnaire Think-aloud protocol

Thanks for listening.

Happy New Year

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