Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 2 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 5 |
Descriptor
Author
| Chang, Yu-Ming | 1 |
| Chen, Po-Hsuan | 1 |
| Chu, Hsi-Chin | 1 |
| Lee, Pi-yu | 1 |
| Ma, Min-Yuan | 1 |
| Taylor, Charlie | 1 |
| Tseng, Wen-Ta | 1 |
| Wang, I-Chen | 1 |
| Yang, Ya-Han | 1 |
| Yau, Jia-ling Charlene | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 5 |
| Reports - Research | 4 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 2 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
| Secondary Education | 3 |
| High Schools | 2 |
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| Grade 4 | 1 |
| Higher Education | 1 |
| Intermediate Grades | 1 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
| Taiwan | 5 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Download full textChen, Po-Hsuan – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2019
The present study aimed at exploring the joint effects of reading motivation and reading anxiety on English reading comprehension in the Taiwanese English as a foreign language (EFL) context. To this end, a total of 140 (26 males, 114 females) EFL freshmen from required General English I courses at a university in southern Taiwan satisfactorily…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Motivation, Anxiety, Reading Comprehension
Taylor, Charlie – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2021
In this article, Charlie Taylor offers a commentary on Yang et al.'s 2021 "Reading in a Foreign Language" article, "Text Difficulty in Extensive Reading: Reading Comprehension and Reading Motivation." In their study, Yang et al. analyzed the effects of text difficulty on the reading comprehension and motivation of high school…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Yang, Ya-Han; Chu, Hsi-Chin; Tseng, Wen-Ta – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2021
This study investigates the effects of the text difficulty of extensive reading materials on the reading comprehension and reading motivation of English as a foreign language (EFL) vocational high school students in Taiwan. Two experimental groups were assigned, on an individual basis, to read graded readers at either one level below ('i-1') or…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Materials, Reading Motivation
Direct linkChang, Yu-Ming; Wang, I-Chen; Ma, Min-Yuan – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
This study examines the efficacy of three teaching methods, namely, passive supported image pedagogy, active supported image pedagogy, and traditional instruction, in increasing the reading motivation and comprehension of students. 116 fourth-grade students participated in the study and were evenly assigned, according to their pre-test…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods, Visual Aids
Yau, Jia-ling Charlene; Lee, Pi-yu – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2018
This study has two aims: one is to examine whether or not there are individual differences in motivation to read English as a Foreign Language (EFL) among Taiwanese adolescents, and the other is to scrutinize whether or not a gender gap exists among those readers. A total of 252 adolescents, half of them female and the other half male,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Motivation, Reading Achievement, Gender Differences
