Nonlinguistic Variables in Advanced Second Language Reading: Learners' Self-Assessment and Enjoyment

Autor/in	Brantmeier, Cindy
Titel	Nonlinguistic Variables in Advanced Second Language Reading: Learners' Self-Assessment and Enjoyment
Quelle	In: Foreign Language Annals, 38 (2005) 4, S.494-504 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0015-718X
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Literature Appreciation; Individual Differences; Questionnaires; Reading Ability; Reading Comprehension; Spanish; Grammar; Advanced Courses; College Students; Recall (Psychology) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Literarische Wertung; Individueller Unterschied; Fragebogen; Reading competence; Lesekompetenz; Leseverstehen; Spanisch; Grammatik; Fortgeschrittenenunterricht; Collegestudent; Abberufung
Abstract	The present study on second language (L2) reading and individual difference variables (IDVs) examines learners' self-assessed ability level and enjoyment and the effects of these factors on two different measures of comprehension. The investigation controls for topic familiarity differences by gender and the study utilizes the authentic short story "Aniversario" by Luis Romero (Virgillo, Friedman, & Valdivieso, 1998). During regular class period, 88 participants from advanced grammar courses completed the following: (1) a questionnaire about general L2 reading abilities and enjoyment, (2) a reading passage, (3) a written recall task, (4) multiple-choice questions, and (5) a questionnaire concerning topic familiarity. Propositions in the text were analyzed for pausal units and recalls were scored for such units (Bernhardt, 1991). Results revealed that students believed they were satisfactory readers of Spanish and they generally enjoyed reading in Spanish. As predicted, levels of self-assessed abilities positively correlated with levels of enjoyment. The study yielded significant effects for both self-assessed ability and enjoyment on written recall (an open-ended assessment task), but no such effects were found on the multiple-choice questions (a task including retrieval cues). The study revealed that at the advanced levels of language instruction learners' self-assessment of their L2 reading ability was quite accurate, in terms of written recall. The findings suggest that the study of the variables self-assessment and enjoyment, in association with other L2 reading factors such as metacognition, anxiety, and motivation, may contribute to a better understanding of L2 reading comprehension. (Contains 4 figures, 10 notes and 3 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10