The Influence Of Reading For Pleasure On Written Production In L2 English

• Main Author: Lovrić, Mateja
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: English language and literature; sami
• Online Access: http://darhiv.ffzg.unizg.hr/id/eprint/10657/; http://darhiv.ffzg.unizg.hr/id/eprint/10657/1/DIPL-Mateja%20Lovric-The%20influence%20of%20extensive%20reading%20on%20written%20production%20in%20L2%20English.pdf

The paper presents a research study of reading and its influences on writing in English as a foreign language. The sample was made of students of English because they are, due to their academic obligations, extensive readers. The assumption of the research study was that the students of English produce complex texts as they do for their classes. However, the study showed that the students are not ready to invest the same amount of effort into something they will not be graded on and where they will stay anonymous as they would for their academic obligations. Such approach inevitably yielded unsatisfactory results which at first glance indicate that the students themselves are not at a high enough level given the stage of their learning. The conclusion is that reading is exceptionally beneficial for learning a language, but also that this kind of research demands a different approach. Rad se bavio istraživanjem čitanja i njegovih utjecaja na pisanje na engleskom kao stranom jeziku. Uzorak su činili student engleskoga jezika jer su oni zbog svojih akademskih obveza ekstenzivni čitači. Pretpostavka istraživanja je bila da će studenti engleskog jezika proizvoditi kompleksne tekstove kao što to čine i za svoje kolegije. Međutim, istraživanje je pokazalo da studenti nisu spremni uložiti jednaku količinu truda u nešto za što ih se ne ocjenjuje i gdje će ostati anonimni kao za svoje akademske obveze. Takav pristup je neizbježno dao nezadovoljavajuće rezultate koji na prvi pogled indiciraju da sami studenti nisu na dovoljno visokoj razini za svoj stupanj učenja jezika. Zaključak je da je čitanje iznimno povoljno za učenje jezika, ali i da je za ovakvo istraživanje potreban drugačiji pristup.