The Effects of Chunk Reading Training on the Syntactic Processing Skills and Reading Spans of Japanese Learners of English

Autor/in	Kosaka, Takumi
Titel	The Effects of Chunk Reading Training on the Syntactic Processing Skills and Reading Spans of Japanese Learners of English
Quelle	In: Reading in a Foreign Language, 35 (2023) 2, S.270-292 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Syntax; Phrase Structure; Reading Processes; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Short Term Memory; Verbal Ability; Comparative Analysis; Reading Tests; Teaching Methods; Instructional Effectiveness; Secondary School Students; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Phrasenstruktur; Leseprozess; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Mündliche Leistung; Lesetest; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtserfolg; Sekundarschüler
Abstract	The present study investigated the impact of chunk reading training (CRT) on the online syntactic processing and verbal working memory (WM) of Japanese EFL (English as a foreign language) learners in secondary school. For four weeks, the treatment group (N = 31) underwent CRT, while the control group (N = 25) participated in reading training in block format. A reading span test (RST) was administered as the pretest, posttest, and delayed posttest in this study to assess learners' online syntactic processing and verbal WM. The results showed that syntactic processing and verbal WM increased only in the treatment group after training, but the differences between the two groups were not statistically significant. Nevertheless, these results suggest that CRT has the potential to positively affect the development of learners' online syntactic processing skills and verbal WM. (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