英文摘要 |
The purpose of this paper is to report the implementation process of an extensive reading(ER) program used as a remedial program for elementary English underachievers, problemsand difficulties encountered during the process, and solutions. Three fourth-grade Englishremedial students participated in 30 half-hour ER sessions carried out over one full semester.The researchers collected data through participant observation, interviews, review ofdocuments, running records of oral readings, weekly evaluation sheets, researcher’s journal,a letter identification test, and two high-frequency word recognition tests. The resultsshowed that after participating in the ER program, all three underachievers made progress inEnglish performance. In addition, the data also revealed that the extensive reading programhas affected the three participants’ motivation and attitude positively. However, someproblems were found: the remedial students’ lack of confidence to read independently,reluctance to tape record their oral readings, limited vocabulary size, difficulty in selectingappropriate books to read, and some unwanted interference to the environment. Using anemergent research design, the researchers made real-time judgments, developed and appliedsolutions tackling these problems, and thus made the program a better-fit remedial programfor elementary school English underachievers. These solutions included employing readingpartnership, adding sight word readers to the book selection, adjusting the layout of thephysical environment, and seeking for administrative support. Based on the findings, theresearchers provide suggestions on how to implement an ER program effectively withelementary school English underachievers. |