The Effects of Reciprocal Teaching Instruction on the Eighth Grade Remedial Students’ English Reading Comprehension and Learning Attitude

• Main Authors: Wu, Pei-Yu, 吳珮瑜
• Other Authors: Peng, Tung-Lung
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/15809989473985317361

碩士 === 國立雲林科技大學 === 應用外語系 === 103 === The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of Reciprocal Teaching Instruction on eighth grade remedial students’ English reading comprehension and learning attitude. The participants were 11 eighth grade remedial students of a junior high school in southern Taiwan. The researcher conducted this study of two regular 45-minute class periods on a weekly basis for one semester from February to June in 2013. Drawing on feasible applications of reading strategies (e.g., topic sentence, main idea, supporting/development sentences, reciprocal teaching, and concluding sentence), and the researcher conducted the reciprocal teaching instruction as the main strategy to proceed this study of the effects on eighth grade remedial students’ English reading comprehension, vocabulary, and learning attitude. The research instruments included pre-/post-tests of both reading comprehension questions and vocabulary for the effects on the participants’ reading comprehension; the hemi-opened response survey of Reciprocal Teaching Instruction and interview record for the effects on their learning attitude. The findings of the study suggested that after the training, most of the students have improved their reading comprehension and their attitudes toward reading have become more positive. In conclusion, after reciprocal teaching instruction, the students felt more confident and became more interested in reading English and more importantly, the students improved their English reading comprehension. This study may provide teachers with effective ways that demonstrate how reciprocal teaching instruction could be implemented in teaching English reading on remedial students.