Is "Twilight" a home run book?
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25170/ijelt.v6i1.1553Keywords:
English as a foreign language, twilight, multivariate analysisAbstract
Thirty-two young adults, students of English as a Foreign Language, were asked to read a portion of “Twilight”, a book that has become extremely popular among teenagers and young women world-wide. Even though the group as a whole were not involved pleasure readers in English, reading just a small part of Twilight stimulated the students enormously. They wanted to read more from the same series, and more in general, Multivariate analysis confirmed that interest in reading the book was the major predictor in students' desire to read more from the Twilight series.
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Trelease, J. (2006). The read-aloud handbook (gth ed.). New York: Penguin.
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Ujiie, J., & Krashen, S. (2006). Are prize-winning books popular among children? An analysis of public library circulation. Knowledge Quest, 34(3), 33-35.
Von Sprecken, D., Kim, J., & Krashen, S. (2000). The home run book: Can one positive reading experience create a reader? California School Library Journal, 23(2), 8-9.
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2010-05-31
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