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Daisuke Satoh
Department Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare , Position Assistant Professor |
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| Article types | 原著 |
| Language | Japanese |
| Peer review | Non peer reviewed |
| Title | A Study on Educational Effectiveness of English Extensive Reading in First-Year Experiences at University |
| Journal | Formal name：Bulletin of Kurashiki Sakuyo University & Sakuyo Junior College of Music ISSN code：21896755 |
| Domestic / Foregin | Domestic |
| Volume, Issue, Page | 52(2),pp.53-62 |
| Author and coauthor | Daisuke SATOH;Haruko FUKUSHIMA |
| Authorship | Lead author |
| Publication date | 2020/03/31 |
| Summary | The purpose of this paper is to describe the state of English extensive reading in first-year experiences at Kurashiki Sakuyo University and the improvement of the students with reading proficiency. We introduced English extensive reading in English core curriculum common to all the departments. In this study, the student’s English proficiency, above all things, we focused on English reading proficiency. Research questions are following: 1. Does reading proficiency improve through the first-year English education in English core curriculum? 2. Do the quantities of reading and reporting methods influence the improvement of the students with reading proficiency? 3. How many words are appropriate when we set the target words of the extensive reading? To research these questions, data was gathered from the number of words that students read for extensive reading and the pre post-scores of English test, and 295 university students participated in pre posttests.
The results of RQ1 showed that our English core curriculum common to all the departments was effective for first-year students. The results obtained from RQ2 were contrary to our intention. It was not confirmed that the quantities of reading influenced the improvement of student’s English reading proficiency. It was concluded in RQ3 that the appropriate (or proper) number of words as the target words of extensive reading was about 80,000 words per a semester. On the basis of these results, there is a need for further studies into the frequency and the level of extensive reading that encourage the students to read more independently. |
| URL for researchmap | https://lib.ksu.ac.jp/search/kiyo52-2/kiyo-52-2satoh,fukushima.pdf |