Adult ESL treatment participants reacted positively to graded readers and scaffolded silent reading, reporting perceived vocabulary and comprehension growth¶

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

Subclaims¶

q2 i? All treatment participants said they liked the graded readers for their variety of topics and levels, and all but one self-reported improved vocabulary and reading comprehension. → 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

Qualitative findings from journals, reading logs, and interviews with four treatment participants over the 14-week study. The article reports all but one participant gave positive self-reports of growth; one self-identified nonreader said his view of reading stayed the same.

"All of the participants said they like the graded readers because of the variety of topics and levels. They did not find the graded readers difficult or boring."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Graded readers motivated adult Hispanic ESL students to read books of different genres inside and outside the classroom, without grade incentives — related
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• Nine of ten scored treatment-group participants performed at high-intermediate or advanced ESL reading comprehension levels on the TABE-CLAS-E posttest — related