Free Voluntary Reading and Vocabulary Knowledge in Native Speakers of Spanish

Rodrigo, Victoria; McQuillan, Jeff; Krashen, Stephen

doi:10.2466/pms.1996.83.2.648

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“…As a result, it is difficult to find ARTs in other languages. Rodrigo, McQuillan, and Krashen (1996) compiled a Mexican Spanish ART consisting of 16 fiction writers and 9 foils. The test correlated .75 with a vocabulary test.…”

Section: Non-english Author Recognition Testsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dutch Author Recognition Test

Brysbaert

Sui

Dirix

et al. 2020

Journal of Cognition

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Book reading shows large individual variability and correlates with better language ability and more empathy. This makes reading exposure an interesting variable to study. Research in English suggests that an author recognition test is the most reliable objective assessment of reading frequency. In this article, we describe the efforts we made to build and test a Dutch author recognition test (DART for older participants and DART_R for younger participants). Our data show that the test is reliable and valid, both in the Netherlands and in Belgium (split-half reliability over .9 with university students, significant correlations with language abilities) and can be used with a young, non-university population. The test is free to use for research purposes.

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Section: Non-english Author Recognition Testsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dutch Author Recognition Test

Brysbaert

Sui

Dirix

et al. 2020

Journal of Cognition

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“…Studies have indicated that Extensive Reading is a successful approach for promoting interest in reading, and for increasing reading vocabulary for university students, as well as for clerical workers (McQuillan & Rodrigo, 1998; Rodrigo, McQuillan, & Krashen, 1996). In this approach, students are offered an assortment of authentic materials at their reading levels and are encouraged to choose books to read.…”

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A Randomized Control Study of Instructional Approaches for Struggling Adult Readers

Greenberg

Wise

Morris

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Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness

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This study measured the effectiveness of various instructional approaches on the reading outcomes of 198 adults who read single words at the 3.0 through 5.9 grade equivalency levels. The students were randomly assigned to one of the following interventions: Decoding and Fluency; Decoding, Comprehension, and Fluency; Decoding, Comprehension, Fluency, and Extensive Reading; Extensive Reading; and a Control/Comparison approach. The Control/Comparison approach employed a curriculum common to community-based adult literacy programs, and the Extensive Reading approach focused on wide exposure to literature. The Fluency component was a guided repeated oral reading approach, and the Decoding/Comprehension components were SRA/McGraw-Hill Direct Instruction Corrective Reading Programs. Results indicated continued weaknesses in and poor integration of participants’ skills. Although students made significant gains independent of reading instruction group, all improvements were associated with small effect sizes. When reading instruction group was considered, only one significant finding was detected, with the Comparison/Control group, the Decoding and Fluency group, and the Decoding, Comprehension, Extensive Reading and Fluency group showing stronger word attack outcomes than the Extensive Reading group.

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“…(NCLB 2002a) This section is valuable in that it promotes parental involvement in the literacy development of children both at school and at home. Studies show that the amount of print in a student's environment, at home and at school, correlates with the amount of free voluntary reading that is accomplished (Lee and Krashen 1996;Rodrigo, McQuillan, and Krashen 1996). Consequently, the more time students spend reading, the more their reading comprehension scores will improve (Kim and Krashen 1998;Rodrigo, McQuillan, and Krashen 1996).…”

Section: Problematic Issuesmentioning

confidence: 93%