English language skills attrition in speed and in-depth reading comprehension among EFL learners
This study aimed to identify if learners experience any skills attrition in speed and in-depth reading comprehension over a two-month non-use of English language. One hundred and twenty-seven tertiary participants received both a pre-test and a post-test, whose contents were adapted from China'...
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| author | Yu, Zhonggen Chan, Swee Heng Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah Yap, Ngee Thai Abu Samah, Bahaman |
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| description | This study aimed to identify if learners experience any skills attrition in speed and in-depth reading comprehension over a two-month non-use of English language. One hundred and twenty-seven tertiary participants received both a pre-test and a post-test, whose contents were adapted from China's College English Test, Band 4 and Band 6, made up of four short passages to measure proficiency change in in-depth reading comprehension (DR) and one long passage to determine the proficiency change in speed reading comprehension (SR). The results did not indicate any statistically significant skills attrition in both modes of reading comprehension, though slight increase was found in SR, while slight skills attrition was obtained in DR. The results questioned the threshold theory in terms of subcategories and provided some possibly beneficial suggestions for English language learners. |
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| spelling | upm-243382015-10-21T07:50:39Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24338/ English language skills attrition in speed and in-depth reading comprehension among EFL learners Yu, Zhonggen Chan, Swee Heng Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah Yap, Ngee Thai Abu Samah, Bahaman This study aimed to identify if learners experience any skills attrition in speed and in-depth reading comprehension over a two-month non-use of English language. One hundred and twenty-seven tertiary participants received both a pre-test and a post-test, whose contents were adapted from China's College English Test, Band 4 and Band 6, made up of four short passages to measure proficiency change in in-depth reading comprehension (DR) and one long passage to determine the proficiency change in speed reading comprehension (SR). The results did not indicate any statistically significant skills attrition in both modes of reading comprehension, though slight increase was found in SR, while slight skills attrition was obtained in DR. The results questioned the threshold theory in terms of subcategories and provided some possibly beneficial suggestions for English language learners. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2011-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24338/1/85.%20English%20Language%20Skills%20Attrition%20in%20Speed%20and%20In-depth%20Reading.pdf Yu, Zhonggen and Chan, Swee Heng and Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah and Yap, Ngee Thai and Abu Samah, Bahaman (2011) English language skills attrition in speed and in-depth reading comprehension among EFL learners. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 19 (1). pp. 233-241. ISSN 0128-7702; ESSN: 2231-8534 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JSSH%20Vol.%2019%20(1)%20Mar.%202011/%2322%20Pg%20233-241.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Yu, Zhonggen Chan, Swee Heng Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah Yap, Ngee Thai Abu Samah, Bahaman English language skills attrition in speed and in-depth reading comprehension among EFL learners |
| title | English language skills attrition in speed and in-depth reading comprehension among EFL learners |
| title_full | English language skills attrition in speed and in-depth reading comprehension among EFL learners |
| title_fullStr | English language skills attrition in speed and in-depth reading comprehension among EFL learners |
| title_full_unstemmed | English language skills attrition in speed and in-depth reading comprehension among EFL learners |
| title_short | English language skills attrition in speed and in-depth reading comprehension among EFL learners |
| title_sort | english language skills attrition in speed and in-depth reading comprehension among efl learners |
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