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Yilmaz, Cevdet – English Language Teaching, 2012
This study reports on a teacher-researcher's introductions of literary works to undergraduates enrolled in literature course in the department of English during a thirteen-week experiment. The main focus in the study is on the investigation of the undergraduates' attitudes toward the study of literature in English, as well as factors affecting…
Descriptors: Literature, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Jia, Fanli; Gottardo, Alexandra; Koh, Poh Wee; Chen, Xi; Pasquarella, Adrian – Reading Research Quarterly, 2014
The main purpose of this study was to bridge the gap between the literature on cognitive variables related to English literacy learning skills, as suggested by the simple view of reading, and the literature on sociocultural variables, specifically acculturation. The sample consisted of 94 Chinese immigrant adolescents from grades 7-12 in Waterloo…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Martin, Charlene – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The three-fold purpose of this mixed methods study was to (a) analyze how preservice teachers' perceptions of teacher preparation program variables affect preservice teachers self-efficacy for literacy instruction, (b) determine how preservice teachers describe their teacher preparation program with regard to self-efficacy beliefs for…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Literacy Education
Alivernini, Fabio; Manganelli, Sara; Vinci, Emanuela; Di Leo, Ines – Online Submission, 2010
Questionnaire data from the PIRLS 2006 study in Italy provided a number of indices in order to summarize factors of educational context influencing reading achievement. The aim of the present paper is to study the relationships between school factors, teacher factors, family factors, student factors and reading achievement by means of multilevel…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Reading Achievement, Foreign Countries, Grade 4
Sturtevant, Elizabeth G.; Kim, Grace S. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2010
This study examined literacy motivation among middle-school students in English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) classes by using a 20-question survey and semi-structured interview. The survey results identified similarities among students of different genders, but differences between the beginning ESOL group and the more advanced groups,…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Interviews, Multiple Regression Analysis, Literacy