Reading while Listening to Enhance Thai EFL Students’ Reading Abilities
Keywords:
reading while listening, reading, reading abilitiesAbstract
This mixed-methods study aimed to investigate the effects of Reading While Listening intervention on 113 Thai EFL students’ reading abilities and to explore their perceptions towards the intervention. Quantitative data were collected through the English Reading Ability Test before and after the intervention as well as completing the Perceptions of Reading While Listening Questionnaire after the intervention. Qualitative data were obtained through semi-structured interviews. Results from the Paired Sample T-test revealed that students significantly improved their English reading ability after participating in the intervention for eight weeks. They reported positively upon four aspects on the basis of (1) motivation, (2) learning engagement, (3) amount of learning and (4) graded readers evaluation. Implications for teaching reading while listening are offered to support English reading instruction.
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