The relationship of attitudes toward recreational reading in English and attitudes toward academic reading in English with reading achievement of Grades 3 to 5 English as a foreign language students at an International School in Bangkok, Thailand
by Valenciano, Adelynne T.; Lynch, Richard
Title: | The relationship of attitudes toward recreational reading in English and attitudes toward academic reading in English with reading achievement of Grades 3 to 5 English as a foreign language students at an International School in Bangkok, Thailand |
Author(s): | Valenciano, Adelynne T.
Lynch, Richard |
Issued date: | 2020 |
Citation: | Scholar: Human Sciences 12, 2 (July-December 2020), 63-78 |
Abstract: |
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship among attitudes toward recreational reading in English and attitudes toward academic reading in English with reading achievement of Grades 3 to 5 English as a foreign languageforstudents at an international school in Bangkok, Thailand. The Elementary Reading Attitude Survey (ERAS) was used to collect data from 24 Grade 3 students, 20 Grade 4 students, and 23 Grade 5 students during the first term of 2018-2019. Descriptive statistics such as means, standard deviations, and Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data. The findings showed that Grades 3 to 5 students at this school had a high level of attitudes toward both recreational reading in English and academic reading in English. Attitudes toward recreational reading in English were found to correlate significantly with attitudes toward academic reading in English, while reading achievement did not significantly correlate with students’ reading attitudes in English. Recommendations for practice and future research are provided. |
Subject(s): | Scholar: -- Human Sciences
Scholar: -- Human Sciences -- 2020 |
Keyword(s): | Attitudes toward recreational reading in English
Attitudes toward academic reading in English Reading achievement Elementary reading attitude survey (ERAS) |
Resource type: | Journal Article |
Extent: | 16 pages |
Type: | Text |
File type: | application/pdf |
Language: | eng |
Rights: | This work is protected by copyright. Reproduction or distribution of the work in any format is prohibited without written permission of the copyright owner. |
Rights holder(s): | Assumption University |
URI: | http://repository.au.edu/handle/6623004553/24247 |
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