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ID 118088
Author
Taylor, Mark University of Hyogo
Inoue, Hiroki Niigata University of Health and Welfare
Keywords
English language
information technology
Japanese General Social Survey
lifestyle
self- assessment of reading comprehension
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
This study commences with statistical data analysis of Japanese adults’ self-assessment of their English reading comprehension and various explanatory variables. Data from the Japanese General Social Survey (JGSS) were analyzed in two stages. In the first stage, a series of bivariate analyses were conducted with demographic, socio-economic, and lifestyle-related indicators as independent variables and self-assessed reading comprehension in English as the dependent variable. In the second stage, several multivariate models were constructed to determine which model best accounts for the effects on the dependent variable. The variables in the category of lifestyle-related factors—which includes the degree of information technology (IT) utilization—surfaced as predictive of the variable on self-assessed reading comprehension in English for Japanese adults. Subsequent to the analyses, implications and possibilities of IT as a reading resource for Japanese adult learners of English are discussed.
Journal Title
JAILA Journal
ISSN
21894183
Publisher
Japan Association of International Liberal Arts
Volume
7
Start Page
2
End Page
13
Published Date
2021-03
Remark
本論文の著作権は日本国際教養学会(JAILA)に属する
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eng
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Liberal Arts and Sciences