How does interaction activate participation in my EFL reading classes?

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This is action research about my teaching methodology in English as a foreign language (EFL) reading classes in a Japanese university. The theme of my research is "How Interaction Activates Participation in My EFL Reading Classes." In this paper, I present how I modified my instruction and documented the effects of each intervention. At the end of each semester, I gave students a questionnaire, asking their preference of the activities. In the response by 278 out of 321 students, I found that interactive group activities not only motivated the students to become more involved in interpreting the readings, but also decreased their anxiety and unwillingness to engage in the speed-readings that were typical in our course. As a result, many of the students enjoyed reading and seemed to read more. Based on my findings, I present implications for helping prepare students to enjoy reading and identify positive effects on their reading practices and also the problems to overcome for the active participation.
社団法人大学英語教育学会の論文
2010-03-20