E-texts or p-texts? Evidence from reading comprehension tasks for Polish teenage learners of English
E-texts or p-texts? Evidence from reading comprehension tasks for Polish teenage learners of English
Author(s): Klaudia GąsiorSubject(s): Language studies, Foreign languages learning, Applied Linguistics, School education, Distance learning / e-learning
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: reading comprehension; EFL reading; paper texts; electronic texts; secondary school students;
Summary/Abstract: Research investigating differences between reading comprehension of electronic and paper texts has so far provided conflicting evidence. Thus, the present paper aims to examine the comprehension of paper and electronic texts by Polish intermediate learners of English as well as to present their attitudes towards the two types of texts in question. In a pre-test, the participants representing a similar level of this subskill were selected and divided into two groups. In the study proper, the control group read a paper version of the text while the experimental group worked with a text displayed on a computer screen. Although the computer group scored higher than the paper group, these differences were not statistically significant.
Journal: Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature
- Issue Year: 43/2019
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 127-146
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English