Extensive reading increased the Intellectual Value Japanese EFL learners attached to foreign-language reading (r = .26)¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2 · i2 medium
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Subclaims¶

q2 i2 Extensive reading significantly increased Intellectual Value, with a small-to-near-medium effect size (r = .26). → Junko Yamashita 2013

Evidence¶

Junko Yamashita 2013¶

Junko Yamashita. (2013). Effects of extensive reading on reading attitudes in a foreign language. Reading in a Foreign Language, 25(2). http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl doi:10.64152/10125/66872

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In the repeated-measures ANOVA of 61 Japanese EFL undergraduates, multiple comparisons showed a significant pretest–posttest increase in Intellectual Value with an effect size described as close to medium but still small (r = .26); Table 1 shows the mean rose from 3.97 to 4.10.

"close to medium but still small for Intellectual Value (r = .26)"

Discussion¶

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