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Yuanhsuan Kao Department of Applied Foreign Languages Chung Shan Medical University

Improving Motivation through Reading Recovery for Students in Resource Rooms of Junior High Schools in Taiwan. Yuanhsuan Kao Department of Applied Foreign Languages Chung Shan Medical University. Outline. Introduction Literature Review - LD students’ learning performance in language

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Yuanhsuan Kao Department of Applied Foreign Languages Chung Shan Medical University

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  1. Improving Motivation through Reading Recovery for Students in Resource Rooms of Junior High Schools in Taiwan Yuanhsuan Kao Department of Applied Foreign Languages Chung Shan Medical University

  2. Outline • Introduction • Literature Review - LD students’ learning performance in language acquisition - ADHD learners - Reading Recovery • Methodology - Selections of materials - Selections of participants - Methods

  3. Introduction • English has become a basic ability • Problem: - students in low proficiency level in English language • Reading Recovery

  4. Literature Review: LD students’ learning performance in language acquisition • Sparks (2006): new type of learning disability which called “FLLD” • DiFino and Lombardino (2004): university students with dyslexia and other language learning difficulties • Louisa (1995): better implementation of good teaching practices for students with learning disabilities

  5. Literature Review: ADHD learners • Sparks, Javorsky and Philips (2004): performance in foreign language for students with LD

  6. Literature Review: Reading Recovery • Roger (1996): a role to offer the lowest-achieving first-grade children • Liu (2006): the influence of using picture books • Teczar (2006): enhance students’ average performance in Figurative Language Interpretation • Dunn (2005): could be an adequate predictor

  7. Methodology:Selections of materials • Why choose Reading Recovery program - Introduction of RR - How to meet the needs of low-performing students in junior high school in Taiwan

  8. Methodology:Selections of participants • Participant: - an eighth grader in resource room - in a low level proficiency in English language

  9. Methodology:Methods • Data Collection - class observation - questionnaire - twenty times teaching activities - reflections • Data Analysis

  10. References • DiFino, S. M. and Lombardino L. J. (2004, Fall). Language learning disabilities: the ultimate foreign language challenge. Foreign Language Annals, 37(3), 390-402. • Louisa, M. (1995). Preventing school failure. The Exceptional Parent, 25(4), 60-63. • Liu, G. (2006). Exploring the influence of Western picture books on Chinese elementary students' vocabulary gains, story-retelling abilities, and attitudes toward English language learning. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Indiana University, Pennsylvania. • Dunn, M. W. (2005, July). Diagnosing Disability Through Response-To-Intervention: An Analysis of Reading Recovery As a Valid Predictor of Reading Disabilities. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Indiana University. • Roger, S. (1996). Reading Recovery. Eric Digest. Retrieved June 03, from http://www.ericdigests.org/1996-2/ • Sparks, R. S. (2006, November/December). Is there a "disability" for learning a • foreign language? Journal of Learning Disabilities, 39(6), 544-559. • Sparks, R. L., Javorsky, J. and Philips, L. (2004, March /April). College students classified with ADHD and the foreign language requirement. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 37(2), 169-180. • Teczar, L. J. (2006). The use of picture book-centered lessons to develop figurative language concepts in fifth grade students. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Massachusetts Lowell.

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