A Comparative Analysis of the Effects of Small Group Versus Individual Pre-Reading Activities on the Reading Comprehension of College Students of Spanish.

Autor/in	Osa-Meiero, Lucía
Titel	A Comparative Analysis of the Effects of Small Group Versus Individual Pre-Reading Activities on the Reading Comprehension of College Students of Spanish.
Quelle	In: Electronic journal of foreign language teaching, 12 (2015) 1, S. 5-20 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Anmerkungen 1; Literaturangaben; Tabellen 4
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0219-9874
Schlagwörter	Empirische Forschung; Multiple-Choice-Verfahren; Gruppenarbeit; Einzelarbeit; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Spanischunterricht; Leseverstehen
Abstract	This quantitative study compares the effects of two different types of pre-reading activities on the reading comprehension of upper-level college students of Spanish: group approach and individual approach. Texts used focus on socio-political issues in several Spanish-speaking regions. The assessment tools are multiplechoice tests and written recall protocols. The multiple-choice test measures comprehension of text main ideas. Multiple-choice results indicate that individual pre-reading activities significantly increase reading comprehension. When examining recall protocols from a cumulative perspective, text main ideas, supporting ideas, and minor details are integrated into one cumulative grade (average of the three levels of ideas). This grade shows that neither pre-reading treatment shows any significant difference. However, when focusing on a specific level, individual pre-reading activities prompt participants to recall a significantly higher percentage of supporting ideas and minor details while showing no significant increase for main ideas. Group work treatment falls short in its ability to benefit reading comprehension. (Verlag).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2022/2