ERIC Number: EJ1225872
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 6
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Pleasure Reading in a Foreign Language and Competence in Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing
Cho, Kyung-Sook; Krashen, Stephen
TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, v30 n2 p231-236 2019
Positive and significant correlations ranging from 0.34 to 0.51 were found between self-reported pleasure reading (books, newspapers and magazines) and self-reported competence in speaking, listening, reading and writing English, among teachers in Korea whose responsibilities included teaching English as a foreign language. This result confirms the comprehension hypothesis, which claims that understanding what we hear and read is the cause of language development.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Recreational Reading, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Reading Comprehension, Language Skills, Language Acquisition, Communicative Competence (Languages), Listening Comprehension Tests, Writing Skills
Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language in Indonesia (TEFLIN). Malang, East Java, 65145, Indonesia. TEFLIN Publication Division, Department of English, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Negeri Malang, Jalan Semarang 5, Tel: +62-341-570; http://journal.teflin.org/index.php/journal
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Korea
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