| ＂E-book flood＂ for changing EFL learners＇ reading attitudes |
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| 作者姓名： | Chih-Cheng LIN |
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| 作者单位： | Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 106, Taiwan |
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| 摘 要： | This paper was intended to investigate the effects of using e-books （or texts with multimedia support） in an ERP （extensive reading program） on EFL （English as a foreign language） learners＇ attitudes toward reading in English. In a junior high school in northern Taiwan, 109 students from 3 intact classes were recruited in the 10-week ERP of e-books. Each class was introduced to a list of 140 selected e-books for the reading program; each student was then encouraged to read e-books after school, with the target of reading 4 e-books every week. The degree of changes in reading attitudes was assessed by using the reading attitudes scale （Stokmans, 1999） before and after the e-book ERP. In addition, the teacher＇s class notes of the students＇ reading behaviors and reactions as well as their spontaneous oral or written feedback were analyzed to be triangulated with the quantitative data. The results showed that the e-books had positive effects on the students＇ attitudinal changes in all dimensions of reading attitudes, namely, utility, development, enjoyment and escape, as well as in all the cognitive, affective and conative components. The results also showed that the features of the e-books, especially oral reading, highlighting, animations and music/sound effects, were considered important to change their attitudes. The implementation of interaction and learner control in the e-books guaranteed positive attitudinal changes as well.
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| 关 键 词： | 阅读程序 电子书籍 英语学习 洪水 电子图书 ERP 台湾北部 声音效果 |
＂E-book flood＂ for changing EFL learners＇ reading attitudes |
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| Chih-Cheng LIN.＂E-book flood＂ for changing EFL learners＇ reading attitudes[J].US-China Education Review,2010(11):36-43. |
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| Authors: | 《US-China Education Review》 |
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| Abstract: | e-books EFL reading extensive reading program reading attitudes |
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| Keywords: | e-books EFL reading extensive reading program reading attitudes |
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