Extensive Reading and Language Learning: A Diary Study of a Beginning Learner of Japanese

By C. Y. Leung. Reading in a Foreign Language, 2002

108 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Motivated by the continued growth of research on extensive reading as well as the positive results from a variety of studies (e.g., Bell, 2001; Camiciottoli, 2001; Elley & Mangubhai, 1983; Mason & Krashen, 1997; Nash & Yuan, 1992; Renandya, Rajan, & Jacobs, 1999; Tse, 1996; Walker, 1997), an investigation was conducted on the impact of extensive reading on an adult's self-study of Japanese over a 20-week period. Data were collected from multiple sources, including a learner diary, audio-recordings from several private tutorial sessions, and vocabulary tests. The results of this study show that extensive reading can enhance vocabulary acquisition and reading comprehension, and promote a positive attitude toward reading. The challenges that the learner encountered during the extensive reading process and how they were dealt with are also addressed.

Subfields: Artificial Intelligence, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Language and Linguistics

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Citations in the corpus

• Beginning to read extensively: A case study with Mako and Fumi (2007, background): “Leung (2002) stated that L2 readers’ excitement was quickly replaced by confusion and frustration if they had a hard time finding appropriate materials.”
• INCREASING READING INPUT IN JAPANESE HIGH SCHOOL EFL CLASSROOMS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY EXPLORING THE EFFICACY OF EXTENSIVE READING (2007, unknown): “reading comprehension (Bell, 2001; Elley & Mangubhai, 1983; Lai, 1993; Mason & Krashen, 1997; Robb & Susser 1989; Sheu, 2003), vocabulary knowledge (Elley, 1991; Lao & Krashen; 2000, Sheu, 2003), writing performance (Elley, 1991; Hafiz & Tudor, 1990; Lai, 1993; Mason & Krashen, 1997), grammatical co”
• Extending extensive reading (2015, background): “Leung (2002) reported that she had engaged in extensive reading by herself to help her learn Japanese as a foreign language.”