Raising the achievement of young-beginner readers of french through strategy instruction
This article reports on an intervention study of reading comprehension among young-beginner learners of French as a foreign language (L2) in England. A number of factors are currently contributing to low achievement in reading among this population of learners. Although research into reading strateg...
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| description | This article reports on an intervention study of reading comprehension among young-beginner learners of French as a foreign language (L2) in England. A number of factors are currently contributing to low achievement in reading among this population of learners. Although research into reading strategies is extensive, and there is some evidence of success in reading strategy instruction, very few studies have focused on beginner readers and there are no examples of longitudinal interventions such as this one. A sample of 62, 1112 year olds underwent a programme of reading strategy instruction lasting 14 months. Measures were taken of French reading comprehension, reading strategy use and attitudes towards French before and after the intervention and findings compared with a group of 54 students not receiving the intervention. Results suggest that strategy instruction improved comprehension of both simple and more elaborate texts, brought about changes in strategy use, and improved attitudes towards reading. © 2008 Oxford University Press. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:ddac123c-18d1-4450-a264-42adfd6c03a02022-03-27T09:26:41ZRaising the achievement of young-beginner readers of french through strategy instructionJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:ddac123c-18d1-4450-a264-42adfd6c03a0EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2008Macaro, EErler, LThis article reports on an intervention study of reading comprehension among young-beginner learners of French as a foreign language (L2) in England. A number of factors are currently contributing to low achievement in reading among this population of learners. Although research into reading strategies is extensive, and there is some evidence of success in reading strategy instruction, very few studies have focused on beginner readers and there are no examples of longitudinal interventions such as this one. A sample of 62, 1112 year olds underwent a programme of reading strategy instruction lasting 14 months. Measures were taken of French reading comprehension, reading strategy use and attitudes towards French before and after the intervention and findings compared with a group of 54 students not receiving the intervention. Results suggest that strategy instruction improved comprehension of both simple and more elaborate texts, brought about changes in strategy use, and improved attitudes towards reading. © 2008 Oxford University Press. |
| spellingShingle | Macaro, E Erler, L Raising the achievement of young-beginner readers of french through strategy instruction |
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| title_full | Raising the achievement of young-beginner readers of french through strategy instruction |
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