Does Reading-While-Listening Enhance Students' Reading Fluency? Preliminary Results from School Experiments in Rural Uganda

Autor/inn/en	Friedland, Aaron; Gilman, Michelle; Johnson, Michael; Demeke, Abera
Titel	Does Reading-While-Listening Enhance Students' Reading Fluency? Preliminary Results from School Experiments in Rural Uganda
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Practice, 8 (2017) 7, S.82-95 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2222-1735
Schlagwörter	Rural Areas; Reading Fluency; Foreign Countries; Educational Objectives; Audio Equipment; Books; Elementary School Students; Grade 3; Listening Comprehension; Intervention; Teaching Methods; Reading Instruction; Pretests Posttests; Statistical Analysis; Instructional Effectiveness; Uganda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Ausland; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Audio-CD; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; Hörverständnis; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Leseunterricht; Statistische Analyse; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	Although studies on the effects of Reading While Listening (RWL) to audiobooks on students' reading fluency is limited, the available emerging literature consistently demonstrates its favourable contribution to improve reading fluency. Since improving fluency is an important instructional goal of primary schools, understanding the role of RWL to audiobooks in improving reading fluency is essential. The goal of the study was to assess the impact of RWL to audiobooks on reading fluency. To achieve this goal, we conducted a randomized controlled experiment using forty six students enrolled in grade 3 at Hadassa Primary School in rural Mbale, Uganda. The significance of the study underscores the current inefficiencies within classrooms globally and the ease with which simple interventions can be implemented to improve fluency. Limitations of the study are discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01