Graded readers motivated adult Hispanic ESL students to read books of different genres inside and outside the classroom, without grade incentives¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Participants read between 6 and 15 graded readers over 14 weeks and read voluntarily, without the incentive of a grade or extra credit. → Martinez 2017

Evidence¶

Martinez 2017¶

Liza E. Martinez. (2017). Adult Hispanic ESL Students and Graded Readers. The CATESOL Journal, 29(2). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1164286

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Author's summary of tangible results in the Final Thoughts section, drawing on reading logs (Figure 7 reports the highest number of books read was 15 and the lowest 6) and classroom observation. The article also reports about four participants wrote unsolicited English summaries.

"First, graded readers motivated a group of adult Hispanic ESL students to read books of different genres inside and, more important, outside of the classroom."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Treatment-group learners sustained high on-task reading in class (94%) and reported reading outside class 4.41 days per week — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Adult ESL treatment participants reacted positively to graded readers and scaffolded silent reading, reporting perceived vocabulary and comprehension growth — related