PLEASURE READING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND COMPETENCE IN SPEAKING, LISTENING, READING AND WRITING
Positive and significant correlations ranging from .34 to .51 were found between self-reported pleasure reading (books, newspapers and magazines) and self-reported competence in speaking, listening, reading and writing English, among teachers in Korea whose responsibilities included teaching English...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN)
2019-08-01
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| Series: | TEFLIN Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.teflin.org/index.php/journal/article/view/728 |
| Summary: | Positive and significant correlations ranging from .34 to .51 were found between self-reported pleasure reading (books, newspapers and magazines) and self-reported competence in speaking, listening, reading and writing English, among teachers in Korea whose responsibilities included teaching English as a foreign language.This result confirms the comprehension hypothesis, which claims that understanding what we hear and read is the cause of language development. |
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| ISSN: | 0215-773X 2356-2641 |