The Effect of Attitude toward Reading and Exposure to Reading on English Competence

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The study examines the effect of attitude toward reading toward English language competence. In the analysis the roles of mediational factors such as exposure to reading in English (L2) and exposure to reading in Korean (L1) are also examined. Results show that attitude has an indirect positive effect on English language competence through reading in Korean and English. Such outcome indicates that in order to ensure that a positive attitude contribute to actual foreign language competence, reading not only in the language of interest but also reading in one's mother tongue must take place.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 1. Introduction
• 1.1. Attitude Toward Reading and Exposure to Print
• 1.1.1. First Language Context
• 1.1.2. Second Language Context
• 1.2. Attitude Toward Reading and Language Competence
• 1.3. Exposure to Reading and Language Competence in English
• 1.4. The Present Study
• 2. Methodology
• 2.1. Research Design
• 2.2. Research Questions
• 2.3. Participants
• 2.4. Instruments
• 2.4.1. Instrument for Attitude toward Reading.
• 2.4.2. Instruments for Exposure to Reading in Korean.
• 2.4.3. Instruments for Exposure to Reading in English.
• 2.4.4. Instruments for Language Competence.
• 2.5. Procedure
• 3. Results
• 3.1. Descriptive Statistics
• 3.2. Reliability and Item Analysis
• 3.3. Test of the Measurement Model
• 3.4. Test of the Structural Model
• 4. Discussion and Conclusions