Effects of Extensive Reading on Thai EFL Students’ Reading Comprehension and Reading Motivation
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This research aimed to examine reading comprehension improvement and reading motivation enhancement after exposure to extensive reading for six weeks. The participants were 30 Thai EFL secondary education level students in northeastern Thailand. Participants were aged from 14 to 16 years old. The research instruments consisted of reading reports and the four-point Likert scale questionnaire of motivation for reading. Reading reports were analyzed by using the reading comprehension rubric, descriptive statistics, and the SPSS program. Moreover, the questionnaire on motivation of reading was used as the pretest and posttest to collect the quantitative data, and the data were analyzed by using descriptive and correlation statistics through SPSS. The results revealed that extensive reading positively affected participants' reading comprehension over time. The results showed a significant improvement from the first to the last week of the study: from a moderate to a high level. Additionally, the results of reading motivation questionnaires found that ER positively affected participants' reading motivation, specifically increasing their reading involvement, recognition of reading, reading for grades, and compliance while maintaining the level of their dislike of reading, without negatively impacting other aspects of their reading motivation. These findings also offered several significant implications. Other valuable recommendations for future studies and the limitations of this study were also discussed.
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