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The Unique Contribution of Reading Motivation to Reading Comprehension Increases from Grades 2 to 4 in Chinese Children
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Yixun Li; Kaiyue Jia; Hay Mar Myat Kyaw; Hong Li; Mengge Yan – Journal of Research in Reading, 2024
Background: To better understand the intricate science of reading development, both cognitive and affective factors must be taken into consideration. This developmental study aims to enrich the literature by exploring how reading motivation -- an affective factor -- contributes to reading comprehension in Chinese elementary schoolers, beyond…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Grade 3
Effects of Motivation on Chinese EFL Students to Read English Text on Social Media
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Ya Nan Wang; Hui Min Low – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
The expanding use of social media has the potential to enhance the quality of English as a foreign language (EFL) instruction and learning. The purpose of this online survey-based study was to investigate the mediating effects of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation for reading English social media text among 348 Chinese undergraduate EFL learners.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Undergraduate Students
Impacts of Reading Anxiety on Online Reading Comprehension of Chinese Secondary School Students: The Mediator Role of Motivations for Online Reading
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Xingxing Xie; Hongxi Huang – Cogent Education, 2024
While previous research has reported that reading anxiety and motivations play crucial roles in the process of reading comprehension, their roles in online settings remain understudied. This study attempted to measure the role of motivations for online reading as a mediator role between reading anxiety and online reading comprehension in a sample…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Anxiety, Reading
Reading Motivation and Learning Strategies among Chinese EFL Learners
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Hong Li; Chuang Wang; Zhengdong Gan; Cathy Ka Weng Hoi – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
Given the preeminent role of students' reading motivation in their academic success in reading, which determines the quality and intensity of cognition and behaviors, it is important to investigate the predicative effects of different aspects of reading motivation on students' learning strategies particularly in a foreign language learning context…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Learning Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
How Parenting Styles Affect the Development of Language Skills and Reading Comprehension in Primary School Students
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Liyan Yu; Jing Huang; Phil Duo Liu; Susanna Siu-Sze Yeung; Dan Lin; Him Cheung; Xiuhong Tong – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
Background and Aims: This study examined how parenting styles influence children's language skills and reading comprehension. Materials and Methods: Six hundred and eighty-five Chinese-speaking third graders (M[subscript age] = 9.23 years, SD = 0.66; 341 girls) were randomly recruited from eight primary schools. We measured students' primary…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Language Skills, Reading Comprehension, Grade 3
Reading Better with AR or Print Picture Books? A Quasi-Experiment on Primary School Students' Reading Comprehension, Story Retelling and Reading Motivation
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Shiyu Liu; Yucheng Sui; Zhongnan You; Jiaxin Shi; Ziyang Wang; Cheng Zhong – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Augmented reality (AR) technology can enhance picture book reading experience. The present study aimed to explore the influence of reading AR picture books on primary school students' reading comprehension, story retelling, and reading motivation. Eighty second graders, who were from two classes at a rural primary school in a coastal city in East…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Rural Schools, Foreign Countries, Computer Simulation