The Effect of Comic Strips on Efl Learners’ Reading Motivation

Fatemeh Hassanirokh; Parisa Yeganehpour

doi:10.24106/kefdergi.389875

TR EN

The Effect of Comic Strips on Efl Learners’ Reading Motivation

Abstract

The aim of this study is to shed light on the nature of comic strips - an ignored genre in English language textbooks in Turkey - and to assess the probable effect of using comics as reading materials on Turkish intermediate EFL learners’ motivation to read. Two groups of Turkish teenage intermediate EFL learners were selected for this study. A Nelson Proficiency Test was administered in order to determine the homogeneity of the two groups. It was found that the experimental group students’ reading motivation was highly correlated with reading comics. The findings of this study may shed new light on the relationship between the kind of reading genres used in language classes and the students’ motivation to read the materials. These findings have important implications for offering new insights to material developers for the development and inclusion of enjoyable reading materials in English textbooks.

Keywords

comics,comic strips,motivation,reading comprehension

References

Baker, L. & Wigfield, A. (1999). “Dimensions of Children’s Motivation for Reading and Their Relations to Reading Activity and Reading Achievement”. Reading Research Quarterly, 34, 452-447.
Belmerchri, F. & Hummel, K. (1998). “Orientations and motivation in the acquisition of English as a second language among high school students in Quebec City”. Language Learning, 48 (2), 219-244.
Cox, K.E. & Guthrie, J.T. (2001). “Motivational and cognitive contributions to students’ amount of reading”. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 26, 116-131.
Çelik, M. (2004). “Humor: what it can do for tertiary students?” Hacettepe Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 27, 59-66.
Davies, J. & Brember, I. (1993) Standards in reading at key stage 1Ð a cause for celebration? A seven-year cross-sectional study, Educational Research, 40(2), pp. 1± 9.
Dornyei, Z, & Csizer, K. (1998). “Ten commandments for motivation language learners: results of an empirical study”. Language Teaching Research, 2 (3), 203-229. Retrieved on October 5, 2016 from http://www.ltr.sagepub.com/content/vol2/issue3/.
Dornyei, Z. (2003). “Attitudes, orientations, and motivations in language learning: Advances in theory, research and applications”. Language Learning, 53 (1), 3-32.
Fowler, W.S. & Coe, N. (1976). Nelson English language Tests. Canada: Nelson and Sons Ltd.
Gardner, R. C. (1985). Social psychology and second language learning: The role of attitudes and motivation. London: Edward Arnold.
Gardner, R. C., & Lambert, W. E. (1959). Motivational variables in second language acquisition. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 13, 266-272.

Gardner, R. C., Day, J. B., & Macintyre, P. D. (1992). Integrative motivation, induced anxiety, and language learning in a controlled environment. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 14(2), 197-214.
Gardner, R.C. , Smythe, P. C. , & Clemet, R. (1979). “Intensive second language study in a bicultural milieu: An investigation of attitudes, motivation and language proficiency”. Language learning, 29, 305-320.
Gardner, R. C., Tremblay, P. F., & Masgoret, A-M. (1997). Towards a full model of second language learning: An empirical investigation. The Modern Language Journal, 81, 344-362.
Guthrie, J. T. , Hoa, A. L. W. ,Wigfield, A. ,Tonks, S. M. Humenick, N.M., Littles, E.(2007). “Reading Motivation and Reading comprehension Growth in the later Elementary Years”. Contemporary Educational Psychology. 32(3), 282-313.Retrieved on April 29, 2017 from http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal
Hong-Yun, W, & Ping, H (2007). “Major factors influencing reading comprehension: a Factor analysis approach”. Sino-US English Teaching. 4 (9), 14-19. Retrieved on May 04, 2017 from
http://wenku.baidu.com/view/0977010590c69ec3d5bb75ce.html
Krashen, S. D. (2004). Applying the comprehension hypothesis: Some suggestions.
Latha, L.H. (1999). “A Reading Program for Elementary Schools”. English Teaching Forum On-Line, 37 (4). Retrieved on May 04, 2017 from, http://www.exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol37/no4/p12.htm
Mclntosh, C, N. & Noels, K. A. (2004). “Self-Determined Motivation for Language Learning: The Role of Need for Cognition and Language Learning Strategies”. Zeitschrift fur Interkulturellen Fremdsprachenterricht, 9 (2). Retrieved on March, 2012, from http://zif.spz.tu-darmstadt.de/jg-09-2/beitrag/Mcintosh2.htm.
Mori, S. (2002). “Redefining motivation to read in a foreign language”. Reading in Foreign Language, 14 (2).
Oxford advanced Learners’ Dictionary. (2004). Oxford: Oxford University press.
Pinsonneault, B.C. (2008). “Authentic input in early second language learning”. Unpublished Thesis. University of Massachusetts Amherst. Retrieved on May 03, 2017 from.
http://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1236&context=theses&sei-redir=1&referer=
Razi, S. (2005). “The effects of cultural schema and reading activities on reading comprehension”. The Reading Matrix. 4 (2), 20-53. Retrieved on September 20, 2011 from. http://www.readingmatrix.com/conference/pp/procedings/razi.pdf
Wright, G. (1979). The comic strip in the classroom for the reluctant disabled reader. Reading Improvement, 16, 13-17.
Worthy, J. Moorman, M. Turner, M. (1999). “What Johnny likes to read is hard to find in school”. Reading Research Quarterly, 34 (1), 12-27.

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Studies on Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Fatemeh Hassanirokh This is me
ATATÜRK ÜNİVERSİTESİ, KAZIM KARABEKİR EĞİTİM FAKÜLTESİ
Türkiye

Parisa Yeganehpour
AĞRI İBRAHİM ÇEÇEN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, FEN-EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ
Türkiye

Publication Date

March 15, 2018

Submission Date

November 26, 2015

Acceptance Date

July 20, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 26 Number: 2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.389875

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA39MU45PT

APA

Hassanirokh, F., & Yeganehpour, P. (2018). The Effect of Comic Strips on Efl Learners’ Reading Motivation. Kastamonu Education Journal, 26(2), 281-286. https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.389875

AMA

1.Hassanirokh F, Yeganehpour P. The Effect of Comic Strips on Efl Learners’ Reading Motivation. Kastamonu Education Journal. 2018;26(2):281-286. doi:10.24106/kefdergi.389875

Chicago

Hassanirokh, Fatemeh, and Parisa Yeganehpour. 2018. “The Effect of Comic Strips on Efl Learners’ Reading Motivation”. Kastamonu Education Journal 26 (2): 281-86. https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.389875.

EndNote

Hassanirokh F, Yeganehpour P (March 1, 2018) The Effect of Comic Strips on Efl Learners’ Reading Motivation. Kastamonu Education Journal 26 2 281–286.

IEEE

[1]F. Hassanirokh and P. Yeganehpour, “The Effect of Comic Strips on Efl Learners’ Reading Motivation”, Kastamonu Education Journal, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 281–286, Mar. 2018, doi: 10.24106/kefdergi.389875.

ISNAD

Hassanirokh, Fatemeh - Yeganehpour, Parisa. “The Effect of Comic Strips on Efl Learners’ Reading Motivation”. Kastamonu Education Journal 26/2 (March 1, 2018): 281-286. https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.389875.

JAMA

1.Hassanirokh F, Yeganehpour P. The Effect of Comic Strips on Efl Learners’ Reading Motivation. Kastamonu Education Journal. 2018;26:281–286.

MLA

Hassanirokh, Fatemeh, and Parisa Yeganehpour. “The Effect of Comic Strips on Efl Learners’ Reading Motivation”. Kastamonu Education Journal, vol. 26, no. 2, Mar. 2018, pp. 281-6, doi:10.24106/kefdergi.389875.

Vancouver

1.Fatemeh Hassanirokh, Parisa Yeganehpour. The Effect of Comic Strips on Efl Learners’ Reading Motivation. Kastamonu Education Journal. 2018 Mar. 1;26(2):281-6. doi:10.24106/kefdergi.389875

Kastamonu Education Journal is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

The Effect of Comic Strips on Efl Learners’ Reading Motivation

Çizgi Romanların Yabancı Dil Olarak İngilizce Öğrenen Öğrencilerin Okuma Motivasyonu Üzerindeki Etkisi

Abstract

Keywords

The Effect of Comic Strips on Efl Learners’ Reading Motivation

Abstract

Keywords

References

Details

Primary Language

Subjects

Journal Section

Authors

Publication Date

Submission Date

Acceptance Date

Published in Issue

DOI

IZ

Cite