PLEASURE READING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND COMPETENCE IN SPEAKING, LISTENING, READING AND WRITING

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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Main Authors: Kyung-Sook Cho, Stephen Krashen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN) 2019-08-01
Series:TEFLIN Journal
Subjects:
pleasure reading, language skills, comprehension hypothesis
Online Access:http://journal.teflin.org/index.php/journal/article/view/728
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spelling doaj-73ec7b7fdef546589ba63b0ee2c429cb2020-12-09T14:54:18ZengAssociation for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN)TEFLIN Journal0215-773X2356-26412019-08-0130223123610.15639/teflinjournal.v30i2/231-236313PLEASURE READING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND COMPETENCE IN SPEAKING, LISTENING, READING AND WRITINGKyung-Sook ChoStephen KrashenPositive 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.http://journal.teflin.org/index.php/journal/article/view/728pleasure reading, language skills, comprehension hypothesis
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PLEASURE READING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND COMPETENCE IN SPEAKING, LISTENING, READING AND WRITING
TEFLIN Journal
pleasure reading, language skills, comprehension hypothesis
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Stephen Krashen
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title PLEASURE READING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND COMPETENCE IN SPEAKING, LISTENING, READING AND WRITING
title_short PLEASURE READING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND COMPETENCE IN SPEAKING, LISTENING, READING AND WRITING
title_full PLEASURE READING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND COMPETENCE IN SPEAKING, LISTENING, READING AND WRITING
title_fullStr PLEASURE READING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND COMPETENCE IN SPEAKING, LISTENING, READING AND WRITING
title_full_unstemmed PLEASURE READING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND COMPETENCE IN SPEAKING, LISTENING, READING AND WRITING
title_sort pleasure reading in a foreign language and competence in speaking, listening, reading and writing
publisher Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN)
series TEFLIN Journal
issn 0215-773X
2356-2641
publishDate 2019-08-01
description 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.
topic pleasure reading, language skills, comprehension hypothesis
url http://journal.teflin.org/index.php/journal/article/view/728
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