M99C0101
梁馨予
Joyce
The Impact of Popular Literature Study on Literacy Development in EFL: More
Evidence for the Power of Reading.
Author: Lao, Christy Ying; Krashen, S.
Source: System, v28 n2 p261-70 Jun 2000.
Abstract: University English-as-a-Foreign-Language students in Hong Kong who
participated in popular literature class that emphasized reading for content and
enjoyment made superior gains on measures of vocabulary and reading rate compared
to students enrolled in a traditional academic skills class.
Eighty-eight percent of the
literature students felt that what they learned from the course would help them in
other university courses.
1. Count the number of words in the abstract
There are 60 words in the abstract.
2. Describe what specific details are mentioned in the abstract
The author discovered that students who read for content and enjoyment could
improve their vocabularies and reading rate after reading the popular literature.
This
is totally different form students who only read in a traditional academic skills class.
Moreover, most of students who enrolled in popular literature class thought that what
they learned from this reading course could help them in other university courses.
3. Describe what you feel are the characteristics of the abstract compared to other
types of text
The abstract only has a few words to describe the studies.
studies.
It’s like a summary for the
In other words, in the abstract, the author has to describe the background
and result of the studies within the limitation of words.