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Ro, Eunseok – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2013
Extensive reading is gaining credibility as an effective way of boosting students' affect especially in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context where access to a second language (L2) input is minimal. This study uses a pattern-matching, single case study research design to examine an adult reader's motivation and anxiety shifts towards…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Reading Motivation, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Judge, Patrick B. – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2011
The paper reports on a long-term, multi-case study examining the motivations of avid readers in an extensive reading program at a private Japanese high school. Using an ethnographic approach to case study research, the project explores nine participants--their motivations for reading and what English study means for them. The two and a half year…
Descriptors: High School Students, Reading Programs, Reading Motivation, Foreign Countries