日本人高校生英語学習者における10分間多読が読解速度、読解力、動機づけに及ぼす影響

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This study attempts to investigate the effects of 10-minute extensive reading on the reading speed, comprehension and motivation of Japanese high school EFL learners, focusing on an early stage of implementation. A total of 76 high school first-graders participated in the study. Their reading ability was measured with the EPER test and their motivation was examined with a 30-item questionnaire at the beginning and the end of ten extensive reading sessions. They read graded readers extensively for ten minutes at the beginning of each class once a week. The study found that an early stage of 10-minute extensive reading improved students' reading speed significantly but not their reading comprehension. It was also found through the factor analysis of the questionnaire that the factor integrative intellectual motivation appeared after extensive reading sessions, and both intrinsic-oriented and extrinsic-oriented motivation was enhanced by extensive reading. From the with-in subject analysis, higher-ability students tended to enhance their intrinsic motivation, whereas lower-ability students read extensively with class-related extrinsic motivation. The number of words read was explained only by the pre-EPER test. These findings suggest teachers' intervention to guide students' extensive reading is necessary, especially for beginning learners.