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Examining Kindergarteners' Drawings for Their Perspectives on Picture Books' Themes and Characters
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Hsiao, Ching-Yuan; Chen, Chi-Mei – International Education Studies, 2015
The aim of this study was to identify and characterize children's perspectives on a picture book's themes and characters by examining their drawings. The study was conducted over a five-month period in a public kindergarten in southern Taiwan, with six children aged 5-6 years. Picture book appreciation activities focused on eight picture books.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Picture Books, Student Attitudes, Kindergarten
An Explanatory Mixed Methods Study of Taiwanese Junior College Learners' Attitudes toward Their Participation in Literature Circles
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Su, Chia-chun – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Reading comprehension plays a key role in academic success in today's classrooms. Literature Circles (LCs), a learner-centered collaborative reading activity, brings together the ideas of cooperative learning, independent reading, and reader response theory to enhance students' reading comprehension as well as their motivation toward learning…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Reading Comprehension, Qualitative Research, Student Attitudes
Exploring Literary Responses in an EFL Classroom.
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Liaw, Meei-Ling – Foreign Language Annals, 2001
Examined Taiwanese university students' responses to five American short stories. A reader-response approach to teaching English-as-a-foreign-language reading was used. Students' journals were analyzed and students were interviewed. Analysis of the journals reveals students went beyond comprehension of text and actively constructed meaning through…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education