U.S. and Chilean College Students' Reading Practices: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Autor/inn/en	Huang, Suhua; Orellana, Pelusa; Capps, Matthew
Titel	U.S. and Chilean College Students' Reading Practices: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
Quelle	In: Reading Research Quarterly, 51 (2016) 4, S.455-471 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0034-0553
DOI	10.1002/rrq.144
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Students; Reading Strategies; Reading Habits; Reading Interests; Reading Materials; Student Surveys; Content Area Reading; Recreational Reading; Cross Cultural Studies; Reading Attitudes; College Freshmen; College Seniors; Learner Engagement; National Surveys; Reading Skills; Chile; United States; National Survey of Student Engagement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Collegestudent; Reading strategy; Leselernstufe; Lesetechnik; Reading habit; Lesegewohnheit; Leseinteresse; Schülerbefragung; Sinnerfassendes Lesen; Häusliche Lektüre; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Reading behavior; Rading behaviour; Leseverhalten; Studienanfänger; College; Colleges; Senior; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; USA
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences between the amounts of time that U.S. and Chilean students spend on conventional academic reading, extracurricular reading, and Facebook and also to report the types of materials they prefer to read. The study surveyed students in the United States (n = 1,265) and Chile (n = 2,076) across all discipline areas. Descriptive analysis indicated that U.S. students spent 4.94 hours on academic reading, 4.17 hours on extracurricular reading, and 16.40 hours on Facebook weekly. For Chilean students, the figures were 13.17 hours, 3.07 hours, and 14.00 hours, respectively. The results indicated that for both U.S. and Chilean participants, online reading materials were the most popular type of material, followed by magazines/newspapers, graphic novels/comic books, best-selling novels, and nonmajor academic books (books on topics outside the student's major subject in conventional print format). Due to the impact of the Internet on reading resources, students' reading patterns today are different from how they were in the past. College students' reading practices have moved to different venues with the advent of Internet technology, and the modality has migrated to online reading. Specifically, social media sites (e.g., Facebook) provide social accessibility to academic contexts that constitute students' learning experiences and shape their identities. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01