| dc.contributor.author | Martinsson, Elna | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-09-11T12:23:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-09-11T12:23:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2077/4771 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract
This essay compares ninth grade pupils’ reading comprehension of four British newspaper articles
that differ in style, content and level of difficulty. It investigates gender differences in reading
comprehension and the effects of interests and reading habits of newspapers and English texts on
reading comprehension. The pupils have read the articles and then filled out questionnaires with
questions on the content, their opinions of the articles and level of difficulty, and the meaning of
some words from the articles. The results have been complemented by previous gender studies and
reports on school results and pedagogic theories about teaching reading. The boys knew more of
the words from the articles. The girls did not generally have better results than the boys which
might have been expected due to previous research. A close connection between interests and
reading comprehension was found in this study. | eng |
| dc.language.iso | eng | eng |
| dc.publisher | Göteborgs universitet. Utbildnings- och forskningsnämnden för lärarutbildning | eng |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | vt07 1200-02I | eng |
| dc.subject | Teaching | eng |
| dc.subject | Newspaper articles | eng |
| dc.subject | Reading comprehension | eng |
| dc.subject | Ninth grade pupils | eng |
| dc.subject | Gender differences | eng |
| dc.title | Ninth grade pupils’ reading comprehension of English newspaper articles | eng |
| dc.type | Text | eng |
| dc.type.svep | other | eng |
