What Are Taiwan Senior High School Students Being Asked to Read? The Quantitative Analysis on the Reading Lists of High Schools in Taiwan

The research objects were the reading lists of Taiwan senior high schools from academic years 105 to 107 to understand their distribution as well as similarities and differences. The authors, publication years, and publishers in the reading lists were analyzed. A total of 403 reading lists from 140...

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Main Authors: Su-Ching Hu, Wen-Yau Cathy Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Chengchi University Libraries 2021-06-01
Series:Tūzī yǔ dàng’àn xuékān
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Online Access:https://jila.lib.nccu.edu.tw/2021volume-13/131-no-98-june-2021/5865/
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description The research objects were the reading lists of Taiwan senior high schools from academic years 105 to 107 to understand their distribution as well as similarities and differences. The authors, publication years, and publishers in the reading lists were analyzed. A total of 403 reading lists from 140 Taiwan high schools were analyzed. Results are listed as follows: (1) Regarding creative forms, the lists contained 634 fictions, whereas non-fictions were primarily American literature (515). (2) Regardless of the sources of reading lists and academic, Chiang Hsun was considered the most critical author in the high school reading lists. (3) In terms of publishers, most of the reading lists were published by China Times Publishing Company. (4) The publication years of the books ranged from 1970 to 2019 and concentrated on 2015-2017. Based on the aforementioned research results, suggestions were proposed in hopes of increasing relevant personnel’s understanding of reading lists content and helping plan appropriate reading lists.
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spelling doaj.art-4c894e65c1f2454cbfe76020e6b7d3182022-12-22T04:37:10ZengNational Chengchi University LibrariesTūzī yǔ dàng’àn xuékān2412-18002021-06-0113113217110.6575/JILA.202106_(98).0004What Are Taiwan Senior High School Students Being Asked to Read? The Quantitative Analysis on the Reading Lists of High Schools in TaiwanSu-Ching Hu0Wen-Yau Cathy Lin1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4894-8031Department of Information and Library Science, Tamkang UniversityDepartment of Information and Library Science, Tamkang UniversityThe research objects were the reading lists of Taiwan senior high schools from academic years 105 to 107 to understand their distribution as well as similarities and differences. The authors, publication years, and publishers in the reading lists were analyzed. A total of 403 reading lists from 140 Taiwan high schools were analyzed. Results are listed as follows: (1) Regarding creative forms, the lists contained 634 fictions, whereas non-fictions were primarily American literature (515). (2) Regardless of the sources of reading lists and academic, Chiang Hsun was considered the most critical author in the high school reading lists. (3) In terms of publishers, most of the reading lists were published by China Times Publishing Company. (4) The publication years of the books ranged from 1970 to 2019 and concentrated on 2015-2017. Based on the aforementioned research results, suggestions were proposed in hopes of increasing relevant personnel’s understanding of reading lists content and helping plan appropriate reading lists.https://jila.lib.nccu.edu.tw/2021volume-13/131-no-98-june-2021/5865/taiwan senior high schoolreading listreadingschool librarypublisherpublic library
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taiwan senior high school
reading list
reading
school library
publisher
public library
title What Are Taiwan Senior High School Students Being Asked to Read? The Quantitative Analysis on the Reading Lists of High Schools in Taiwan
title_full What Are Taiwan Senior High School Students Being Asked to Read? The Quantitative Analysis on the Reading Lists of High Schools in Taiwan
title_fullStr What Are Taiwan Senior High School Students Being Asked to Read? The Quantitative Analysis on the Reading Lists of High Schools in Taiwan
title_full_unstemmed What Are Taiwan Senior High School Students Being Asked to Read? The Quantitative Analysis on the Reading Lists of High Schools in Taiwan
title_short What Are Taiwan Senior High School Students Being Asked to Read? The Quantitative Analysis on the Reading Lists of High Schools in Taiwan
title_sort what are taiwan senior high school students being asked to read the quantitative analysis on the reading lists of high schools in taiwan
topic taiwan senior high school
reading list
reading
school library
publisher
public library
url https://jila.lib.nccu.edu.tw/2021volume-13/131-no-98-june-2021/5865/
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