Perceived Book Difficulty and Pleasure Experiences as Flow in Extensive Reading

Autor/in	Arai, Yuya
Titel	Perceived Book Difficulty and Pleasure Experiences as Flow in Extensive Reading
Quelle	In: Reading in a Foreign Language, 34 (2022) 1, S.1-23 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Reading Strategies; Time; Difficulty Level; Student Attitudes; Psychological Patterns; College Students; Foreign Countries; Attention; English (Second Language); Student Interests; Student Motivation; Emotional Response; Language Proficiency; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reading strategy; Leselernstufe; Lesetechnik; Zeit; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Schülerverhalten; Collegestudent; Ausland; Aufmerksamkeit; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Studieninteresse; Schulische Motivation; Emotionales Verhalten; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz
Abstract	In second or foreign language (L2) extensive reading (ER) studies, learners have been encouraged to read easy books despite the lack of consensus concerning how to define book difficulty. In light of previous studies reporting that book difficulty can play an important role in learners' affect in ER (e.g., Bahmani & Farvardin, 2017; Chiang, 2016; Yang et al., 2021), the present study explored the relationship between perceived book difficulty and pleasure experiences from the perspective of the flow theory (Csikszentmihalyi, 1975/2000), as an important reading purpose in ER is for pleasure. Ninety-nine Japanese university students participated in a flow questionnaire survey, five of whom also participated in the follow-up interviews. It was found that some characteristics of flow were found in relation to the difference in perceived book difficulty, and that the participants' perceptions were affected by some factors related to the flow theory. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii. 1859 East-West Road #106, Honolulu, HI 96822. e-mail: readfl@hawaii.edu; Web site: https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/rfl/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01