This document presents Sabrina Wu's final proposal for a study on how learning motivation and reading strategies influence senior high EFL students' vocabulary learning through extensive reading. The proposal includes an introduction outlining the background, purpose and research questions of the study. It then reviews literature on definitions of reading, classifications of reading strategies, differences between effective and ineffective readers, and the impact of reading instruction. The methodology section states that about 180 senior high students majoring in Applied Foreign Language in Chunghwa will participate. Participants will complete a questionnaire, think-aloud protocol, and language test after reading an article. The top 5 and bottom 5 students will be interviewed to understand their strategies and motivation.

1. Final proposal
Professor: Dr. Teresa Hsu
Presenter: Sabrina Wu
Date: 2013.01.07

2. Table of Contents
Introduction
Literature Review
Methodology
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3. Introduction
Background of the study
Purpose of the study
Research Questions
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4. Background of the study
Second language reading has been
broadly recognized.
The use of reading strategies have been
the focus of successful reading
comprehension.
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5. Purpose of the study
In order to evaluate what learning
motivation influence the senior high
students to learn vocabulary trough extra
reading
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6. Research Questions
What kind of learning motivation attracts
EFL learners (senior high students) to
learn vocabulary through extensive
reading?
What does reading strategies influences
the senior high school students (EFL) to
learn vocabulary?
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7. Literature Review
The definition of reading
Reading strategy and Their Classifications
Reading strategies of Effective and Ineffective
Learners
The studies of Reading instruction
Reading strategies of Male and Female Learners
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8. The definition of reading
is a skill, tool, and process
be learned and mastered by individual
way to get information from something that
was written
a receptive behavior in knowledge acquisition
(Goodman, 1967)
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9. Reading strategy and Their
Classifications
previewing predicting skimming scanning contextual
guessing,
reading for distinguishing finding main asking utilizing
meaning fact and ideas oneself background
opinion questions knowledge
recognizing text making a story making a making reading for
structure outline timeline inferences specific
information
taking notes in a summarizing using 6 Wh- making
chart question, graphic
organizers
(Block, 1986; Singhal, 2001)
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10. Reading strategies of Effective and
Ineffective Learners
Successful readers keep the meaning of
the passage in mind when reading.
Unsuccessful readers lose the meaning
of the sentences when reading.
(Hosenfeld, 1977)
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11. The studies of Reading instruction
Requires learners to do a lot of reading practice
over an extended period of time and to have a
lot of exposure to reading.
Instructors are failing to teach learners
strategies, whether they are effective or not,
and can’t show them how to use effective
strategies to obtain comprehension from
reading.
(Aebersold & Fielding, 1997; Garner, 1987; Pressley & Afflerbach, 1995)
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12. Reading strategies of Male and Female
Learners
female use more strategies > male
males use more strategies > females
there are no significant differences
between males and females
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13. Methodology
Participants
Procedure
Measurement
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14. Participants
About 180 senior high students
Who major in Applied
The location is in Participants Foreign Language
Chunghwa
They are divided 3 levels
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15. Procedures
Give reading article
To process questionnaire Test participants’
and think-aloud protocol language level
Pick out top 5 students
and bottom 5 students
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16. Measurements
Think-aloud
Reading article Questionnaire
protocol
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17. Thanks for listening.
Happy New Year
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