Gamified E-Reading Experiences and Their Impact on Students Reading Comprehension and Digital Attitude in EFL Classes

2021 ◽  
pp. 54-74
Author(s):  
Aysegul Liman Kaban
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Reading Practices ◽  
Educational Settings ◽  
Recreational Reading ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Electronic Reading ◽  
Printed Books ◽  
Data Collection Process ◽  
Group Interviews

The use of computers and electronic devices for recreational reading and for reading in educational settings has gone up significantly in recent years. Whereas the digital revolution is rapidly changing the world, it is also changing education. This study examined the perceptions of the primary school EFL learners in Turkey of their e-reading experiences based on their gamified electronic reading practices in school and its influence on reading comprehension performance in an EFL class. Focus group interviews were conducted to support the data collection process in terms of students' and teachers' digital attitudes. The findings revealed that the implementation of e-book reading resulted in higher comprehension levels and more positive digital attitudes. Participant students showed a preference for printed books rather than electronic books for leisure due to the sense of ownership that the printed text storybooks offered. However, the results indicate that EFL learners' use of screen reading has the potential to increase the digital attitude of the students in educational settings.

Gamified E-Reading Experiences and Their Impact on Reading Comprehension and Attitude in EFL Classes

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 71-90
Author(s):  
Aysegul Liman Kaban
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Book Reading ◽  
Reading Practices ◽  
Educational Settings ◽  
Recreational Reading ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Electronic Reading ◽  
Printed Books ◽  
Students Attitudes

The use of computers and electronic devices for recreational reading and for reading in educational settings has gone up significantly in recent years. Whereas the digital revolution is rapidly changing the world, it is also changing education. This study examined the perceptions of secondary school EFL learners in Turkey of their e-reading experiences based on their gamified electronic reading practices in school and their influence on reading comprehension performance in an EFL class. The findings revealed that the implementation of e-book reading resulted in higher comprehension levels and more positive reading attitudes. Participant students showed a preference for printed books rather than electronic books for leisure due to the sense of ownership that the printed text storybooks offered. However, the results indicate that EFL learners' use of screen reading has the potential to improve students' attitudes towards reading in educational settings.

scholarly journals Librarians’ book talks for children: An opportunity for widening reading practices?

2020 ◽  
pp. 146879842096494
Author(s):  
Catarina Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Children's Literature ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Early Years ◽  
The Other ◽  
Reading Engagement ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Reading Practices ◽  
Printed Books

The importance of supporting children’s reading engagement and reading comprehension from the early years is widely acknowledged, particular for children growing up in areas characterized by socioeconomic challenges. This mission is collectively shared by teachers and librarians, although with differing starting points and responsibilities. This paper draws on a Swedish study of librarians’ book talks with eight-year-old students in Grade 2 and their teachers, and the views these participants express on reading and children’s literature. The methods used were observation and interview. In the analysis, different views appear regarding what reading is and might mean, such as the role that children’s literature plays in this. The results indicate two prominent narratives regarding reading, where one has a clear emphasis on being able to read and where the other stresses the pleasure of reading. Both these discourses display a narrowness regarding genres other than fiction literature, languages other than Swedish, and formats other than printed books. Further, an image of the reading child as an individual reader appears in both discourses. The results highlight the need for a broader approach that integrates functional reading with processes of reflection and active language use, drawing on the content in children’s literature, with an awareness of multilingual considerations. It is argued that children’s literature plays an important role in children developing a view of themselves as readers, and discovering that there are many ways to be a reader.

scholarly journals Digital revolution and place of printed books

2021 ◽  
pp. 8-11
Author(s):  
Maciej Zweiffel
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Online Publishing ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Crucial Question ◽  
Printed Books ◽  
Subjective Context

“Digital-first” seems to be a crucial idea of our time. From the practical, economic, and even ecological point of view printed books are not the best solution. But still, this practice exists. This survey aims to answer, why in the digital environment occurs the textual niche. Is it a kind of relic or something which is deeply connected with human reading comprehension and the quality of text experience? To solve this problem will be used case study and cognitive methods. The crucial question for the presented paper is whether printed (codex) books and their reading means a form of distributing texts which will be progressively declining under pressure in the digital revolution (Q1). To answer this question, it is necessary to describe the current situation of traditional printing and also raise the question of printed documents especially printed and codex books have any features which cannot be replaced by online publishing (Q2). In the second question, one should take into account the cultural and subjective context of reading or possessing printed books.

Management Strategy for Distributing Questionnaires and Interview Guidelines in the Research Data Collection Process

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-111
Author(s):  
Po. Abas Sunarya ◽  
George Iwan Marantika ◽  
Adam Faturahman
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Good Management ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Data Collection Process ◽  
Group Interviews

Writing can mean lowering or describing graphic symbols that describe a languageunderstood by someone. For a researcher, management of research preparation is a veryimportant step because this step greatly determines the success or failure of all researchactivities. Before a person starts with research activities, he must make a written plan commonlyreferred to as the management of research data collection. In the process of collecting researchdata, of course we can do the management of questionnaires as well as the preparation ofinterview guidelines to disseminate and obtain accurate information. With the arrangement ofplanning and conducting interviews: the ethics of conducting interviews, the advantages anddisadvantages of interviews, the formulation of interview questions, the schedule of interviews,group and focus group interviews, interviews using recording devices, and interview bias.making a questionnaire must be designed with very good management by giving to theinformation needed, in accordance with the problem and all that does not cause problems at thestage of analysis and interpretation.

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