期刊名称：METODIKA Journal of Theory and Application of Teaching methodologies in Preschool, Primary, Secondary and Higher Education
印刷版ISSN：1332-7879
出版年度：2007
卷号：8
期号：14
页码：137-147
出版社：METODIKA Journal of Theory and Application of Teaching methodologies in Preschool, Primary, Secondary and Higher Education
摘要：The aim of the study was to determine any possible differences in reading skill achievement with regard to the number of English lessons per week, fi nal school grade in English, learning English outside school, learning other foreign languages and using the Internet. Reading comprehension was tested in the eighth grade of primary school (on a sample of 1254 learners) and in the fourth grade of secondary school (on a sample of 656 learners). Results have shown that the number of English lessons per week has a positive infl uence on the reading skill achievement scores for secondary school learners, while no such trend is observable for primary school learners. There was a mild to moderate correlation between the overall English grade and the achievement on the reading comprehension test. Learning English outside school had a positive infl uence on the reading comprehension achievement score in primary school, which was not the case for secondary school learners. Finally, using the Internet was positively correlated with the reading skill in primary school learners.
关键词：primary school; reading comprehension; secondary school
