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Yeo Chie Ling; Chew Fong Peng; Fonny Dameaty Hutagalung – Southeast Asia Early Childhood, 2024
This study examined 374 Malaysian parent-child dyads to explore the mediating role of preschoolers' reading attitude on the relationship between physical literacy environment and English phonological awareness. Parents provided demographic information and completed a Physical Literacy Environment and Literacy Activities Questionnaire, while…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Reading Attitudes, Family Environment
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Siti Wan Aminah Wan Norudin; Norlizah Che Hassan; Marzni Mohamed Mokhtar; Maizura Yasin – Perspectives in Education, 2024
Reading comprehension is a foundational skill that underpins many aspects of learning, communication, problem solving, and personal development. This study investigates the relationship between parents' reading attitudes, early literacy activities and students' reading comprehension as well as examines the influence of early literacy activities as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Reading Comprehension
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Baba, Jamiah; Affendi, Faiza Rostam – Asian Journal of University Education, 2020
Ability to read is crucial as reading affects intellectual and emotional growth of an individual. Those who read well have more chances in widening their mental horizons and better opportunities of success. Hence, this paper is an attempt to understand the reading habits and attitudes of the students in the Faculty of Education in Universiti…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Reading Attitudes, Preservice Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Ghalebandi, S. Ghazal; Noorhidawati, A. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2019
Traditional definitions of reading seem inadequate in today's world as children encounter and interact with electronic screen-based reading using handheld devices such as tablets, smart phones, and so on. This study builds upon the context of reading engagement for pleasure and targets Malaysian bilingual children at the early stage of learning to…
Descriptors: Recreational Reading, Electronic Publishing, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
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Chong, Su Li – Literacy, 2016
This paper re-considers the concept of aliteracy by arguing that it is less about not reading than it is about choice, agency and context. By analysing findings from a study that examined undergraduates' reading experiences in a Malaysian university, this paper explores the complexities around how the undergraduates grappled with conflicting…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Reading Material Selection, Phenomenology, Reading Attitudes
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Mohd-Asraf, Ratnawati; Abdullah, Hazlina – English Language Teaching, 2016
This paper describes the results of a study that examined the attitudes of Malaysian primary school boys and girls toward reading in English as a Second Language. Using the Students' Reading Attitude Survey, which the researchers adapted from McKenna and Kear (1990) Elementary Reading Attitude Survey, 2,666 responses were analysed using the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Males, Females, Student Attitudes