Extensive reading reduced Japanese EFL learners' anxiety about foreign-language reading (r = .34)¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r1 · q2 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 2013 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i2 Extensive reading significantly reduced Anxiety toward EFL reading, with a medium effect size (r = .34). → 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

q2 · i2 · causal · r1

Bonferroni-corrected multiple comparisons after repeated-measures ANOVA showed a significant pretest–posttest decrease in Anxiety with a medium effect (r = .34). Table 1 shows the Anxiety mean fell from 3.17 to 2.84.

"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)"

Junko Yamashita 2013 (2)¶

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

q2 · i? · causal · r1

The omnibus main effect of time across all four attitude variables was not significant; the attitude changes emerged through the time × attitude interaction rather than a uniform shift.

"the main effect of time was not significant, F(1, 60) = 0.364, p = .549, ηp2 < .001"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Academic Anxiety — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• A 15-week extensive reading course increased Japanese EFL learners' feelings of comfort with foreign-language reading (r = .54) — related
• Extensive reading increased the Intellectual Value Japanese EFL learners attached to foreign-language reading (r = .26) — related
• Extensive reading produced no measurable change in the perceived Practical Value of foreign-language reading (r = .09) — related
• AI reduces foreign language anxiety and strengthens self-efficacy and self-confidence, supporting the Affective Foundation Pathway — related
• Motivational SRL factors correlate with but do not directly predict Japanese EFL learners' proficiency — related
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• Anxiety in foreign language classroom learning experiences is linked with oral performance among Japanese EFL learners — related
• Extensive reading has a small, significant positive effect on second and foreign language skills (d = 0.41 across 86 experimental comparisons; d = 0.38 for the 82 immediate-posttest comparisons) — related