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Elementary schoolers' attitudes toward reading in English: how boys feel relative to girls

This paper describes the results of a study that examined the attitudes of Malaysian primary school boys and girls toward reading in English as a Second Language. Using the Students’ Reading Attitude Survey, which the researchers adapted from McKenna and Kear (1990) Elementary Reading Attitude Surve...

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Main Authors: Mohd. Asraf, Ratnawati, Abdullah, Hazlina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2016
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L Education (General)
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spelling my.iium.irep.527932021-06-29T03:26:48Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/52793/ Elementary schoolers' attitudes toward reading in English: how boys feel relative to girls Mohd. Asraf, Ratnawati Abdullah, Hazlina L Education (General) This paper describes the results of a study that examined the attitudes of Malaysian primary school boys and girls toward reading in English as a Second Language. Using the Students’ Reading Attitude Survey, which the researchers adapted from McKenna and Kear (1990) Elementary Reading Attitude Survey, 2,666 responses were analysed using the non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test. The findings reveal that the students had positive attitudes toward recreational and academic reading in English as a second language, but that the girls scored significantly higher on all the dimensions of reading attitudes compared to the boys. The results provide some insights into the gender gap between boys and girls in reading literacy. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2016-05-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52793/1/Elementary%20Schoolers%27%20Attitudes%20toward%20Reading%20in%20English.pdf Mohd. Asraf, Ratnawati and Abdullah, Hazlina (2016) Elementary schoolers' attitudes toward reading in English: how boys feel relative to girls. English Language Teaching, 9 (6). pp. 134-140. ISSN 1916-4742 E-ISSN 1916-4750
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topic L Education (General)
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Mohd. Asraf, Ratnawati
Abdullah, Hazlina
Elementary schoolers' attitudes toward reading in English: how boys feel relative to girls
description This paper describes the results of a study that examined the attitudes of Malaysian primary school boys and girls toward reading in English as a Second Language. Using the Students’ Reading Attitude Survey, which the researchers adapted from McKenna and Kear (1990) Elementary Reading Attitude Survey, 2,666 responses were analysed using the non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test. The findings reveal that the students had positive attitudes toward recreational and academic reading in English as a second language, but that the girls scored significantly higher on all the dimensions of reading attitudes compared to the boys. The results provide some insights into the gender gap between boys and girls in reading literacy.
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author Mohd. Asraf, Ratnawati
Abdullah, Hazlina
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title Elementary schoolers' attitudes toward reading in English: how boys feel relative to girls
title_short Elementary schoolers' attitudes toward reading in English: how boys feel relative to girls
title_full Elementary schoolers' attitudes toward reading in English: how boys feel relative to girls
title_fullStr Elementary schoolers' attitudes toward reading in English: how boys feel relative to girls
title_full_unstemmed Elementary schoolers' attitudes toward reading in English: how boys feel relative to girls
title_sort elementary schoolers' attitudes toward reading in english: how boys feel relative to girls
publisher Canadian Center of Science and Education
publishDate 2016
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/52793/1/Elementary%20Schoolers%27%20Attitudes%20toward%20Reading%20in%20English.pdf
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