Extensive reading produced no measurable change in the perceived Practical Value of foreign-language reading (r = .09)¶

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q2 i0 Extensive reading showed no significant difference for Practical Value, with a negligible effect size (r = .09), despite grades depending on reading amount. → 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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A single-group pretest–posttest study of 61 undergraduates in a 15-week ER course found no significant pretest–posttest difference for Practical Value, with a negligible effect size (r = .09); Table 1 shows the mean moved only from 3.79 to 3.74.

"Multiple comparisons identified significant differences between the pretest and the posttest for Comfort, Anxiety, and Intellectual Value (p < .05, Bonferroni-adjustments), but no difference for Practical Value. Effect size was large for Comfort (r = .54), medium for Anxiety (r = .34), close to medium but still small for Intellectual Value (r = .26), and negligible for Practical Value (r = .09)"

Discussion¶

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