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Robb, Thomas; Kano, Makimi – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2013
We report on a large-scale implementation of extensive reading (ER) in a university setting in Japan where all students were required to read outside class time as part of their course requirement. A pre/posttest comparison between the 2009 cohort of students who read outside of class and the 2008 cohort who did no outside reading shows that the…
Descriptors: Recreational Reading, Foreign Countries, Pretests Posttests, College Students
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Chichii, Katsunori – Journal of Reading, 1981
Describes the plight of junior high students in Japan who are apparently too concerned with doing well in the content areas to engage in leisure reading. (MKM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading