| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立雲林科技大學 === 應用外語系碩士班 === 100 === The purpose of this paper is aimed at investigating the effects of Reciprocal
Teaching on sixth graders’ reading ability, in terms of word recognition and reading
comprehension in an elementary school in Taiwan. The participants in this research
were fifty-three fifth-graders of an elementary school, 25 males and 28 females, in two
intact classes in Yun-Lin County, Taiwan. Students in one fifth-grade class, the con-
trol group, received regular English introduction, while those in the other fifth-grade
class, the experimental group, received reciprocal teaching program in two English
classes per week for 12 weeks, the duration of this study. Pretest-posttest of word
recognition tests and reading comprehension tests were applied to evaluate students’
progress of reading ability before and after reciprocal teaching program. Six students
were interviewed after the program, and students’ feelings about reciprocal teaching toward English reading were recorded. On-line English stories were also applied in
this study, which would raise the students’ interest in English reading. The result
indicated that most students made prominent improvement in their English reading
ability, word recognition and reading comprehension. Moreover, most participants
also showed positive feelings about reciprocal teaching and liked reciprocal teaching
to be incorporated into English class. Based on the findings, some implications are
also proposed to be of help to those who are practitioners in elementary schools.
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