PASAA
Publication Date
1985-01-01
Abstract
Reading comprehension is a complex interactive process in which there are a number of factors which interwine to determine a reader's attention on a particular text. The important factors are : the reader's purpose, his interest, and his motivation. In a class, students studying English as a foreign language possess widely divergent reading abilities and preferences. Thus, reading lends itself naturally to individualization. Much has been tried and written concerning the way in which students differ from one another and the importance of the teacher's recognization and respect for these individual differences in order to effectively meet the reading needs of his students. In response to this kind of situation, some teachers use a partially individualized approach, such as the SRA Reading Laboratories (Parker 1963). On the other hand, since there are many problems involved in individualizing a reading program, individualization has not been adopted on a large scale in foreign language instruction. Nowadays, however, in the light of advances in the field of computers, individualized reading instruction can be reconsidered as part of the language teaching curriculum. Such reading materials as SRA could potentially be rendered far more effective by taking the logical step of turning them into computer-based reading programs.
DOI
10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.15.2.3
First Page
31
Last Page
40
Recommended Citation
Chaopricha, Sangrawee
(1985)
"A Microcomputer in Individualized Language Teaching, English Reading Comprehension (ESP.),"
PASAA: Vol. 15:
Iss.
2, Article 3.
DOI: 10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.15.2.3
Available at:
https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/pasaa/vol15/iss2/3