視英語為第一外語的學習，一直是學生生活中一個重要的課題。英語的使用變的更為普遍，以位於東亞國家的台灣來說，就已經開始重視英語的教學。然而，大部分的家長仍不滿意孩子們的英語能力，因此，而產生了所謂的補習班。為了增進學生的閱讀能力與態度，任何一種有效的教學策略都是值得探討的。本研究的主要目的之一，便是了解平衡閱讀教學的出現，如何增進國小學生英語學習的效能。而實施行動研究的目的，主要是為了確認平衡閱讀教學的效果。在為期五個月的前導研究完成後，其研究成果便成為正式研究的基礎架構。本研究之對象為15位台北市國小一年級參加補習班的學童。研究結果顯示，平衡閱讀教學對於增進學生字彙的認知能力、語音覺識與技巧有所幫助，同時，也能大幅增進學生學習英語的自信心。除此之外，平時就有參加補習班的學童進步的程度也明顯大於未參加的學童。然而，為了增進教學的效能，系統化的發音教學範例在幫助教師制定更為合適的教學計畫與學習內容上，是極為必要的。 關鍵字:平衡閱讀教學、字母知識、語音覺識,閱讀態度,英語初學者。 / English language learning as the first and foreign language has always been an important factor in a child’s life as a student. As the usage of the English language becomes ever more apparent, East Asian nation like Taiwan has started to place much focus on its teaching. However, many parents in Taiwan are still unsatisfied with their children’s English abilities where they gained from formal school, hence the so-called cram school. In order to improve student reading ability and attitude, any effective teaching strategies are worth exploring. The main objective of this study is to determine how balanced reading instruction will enhance English learning effectiveness among EFL beginners. An action study was done in order to identify teaching effects of a balanced reading instruction. A pilot study was first accomplished, which later served as the backbone of the formal study. Participants were fifteen first graders at an English cram school in Taipei. Data collections were gained from abecedarian reading assessment, reading attitude questionnaires, observations, interviews and recordings methods. Results showed that balanced reading instruction is helpful in enhancing students’ letter knowledge, phonological awareness and increasing the students’ reading attitude. In addition, students who attended class in the cram school regularly improved better than those who did not. However, in order to improve teaching efficiency, more systematic phonics teaching are needed in order to help teachers make appropriate teaching plans for the EFL beginners. Keywords: balanced reading instruction, letter knowledge, phonological awareness, reading attitude, EFL beginners

基於閱讀的價值性、重要性及影響性等特質，促使閱讀能力的培養持續受到各界關注，而家庭更是影響孩童閱讀習慣養成的重要環境之一，因此本研究旨在探究性別及家庭社經地位對家庭閱讀活動的影響，並且探討家庭閱讀活動的活躍程度與學童閱讀行為及閱讀態度養成間的關係。 本研究採問卷調查法，以台北市某八所公立小學二年級學童共計317人作為研究樣本，研究結果顯示：女性及中、高社經地位學童在家庭閱讀活動、閱讀行為及閱讀態度的表現上皆較佳，而家庭閱讀活動與閱讀行為及閱讀態度彼此間都呈現顯著正相關情形。由上述結果可推論，家長可能由於對子女性別的刻板印象而投入較多的心力在與女兒從事閱讀活動，且社經地位較高的家長，除了較有能力提供豐富閱讀資源外，也多半較重視閱讀能力的培養，因而顯示其家庭閱讀活動較為活躍；而家庭閱讀活動越活躍的學童，其閱讀行為與閱讀態度也同樣呈現積極的情形，且豐富的閱讀行為亦能帶動正向的閱讀態度。 基於以上研究發現，本研究建議家長應在家庭閱讀活動中扮演更為主動的角色，例如嘗試建立固定家庭閱讀時段，盡可能投注均等的時間陪伴子女從事閱讀；且學童本身亦可與同儕建立讀物分享的團體，並充分利用各界圖書資源；而政府則是可以考量推動內政單位與教育單位合作的可能性，藉由社會力量協助以改善低社經者的家庭閱讀活動不足的情形。 / Based on the value, importance and impact of reading, building reading ability continued to be concerned. And the family is one of the important environment where affect the children to make a rule of reading habits. So, the purpose of this study is to explore how sex and family socio-economic status affect the family reading activities, and what relations of the level of family reading activities, children reading behavior and reading attitudes. This study used questionnaires to sampling a total of 317 second grade children in 8 public schools of Taipei. And the research results showed that: girls and children of middle-high socio-economic status whose family reading activities, reading behavior and reading attitude is all better. In addition, family reading activities, reading behavior and reading attitude showed a significant positive correlation. Results can be deduced from the above, parents of their children may be due to gender stereotypes and to invest more heavily in the effort to engage in reading activities with daughter, and higher socio-economic status of parents, in addition to is not having a better position to provide a rich resource of reading, but also identify importance of reading ability, which family activity of reading is better. And family reading activities is more lively, their children’s reading behavior and reading attitude is better. And at the same time, a wealth of reading behavior can lead to read positive attitude. Based on the above findings, this study suggests that parents should play a more active role to reading with children, such as creating a fixed period of family reading time, to accompany their children in reading equal bets as far as possible. And children also can establish reading groups with their peers to share all kinds of books. On the other side, try to make full use of library resources from living surroundings. While the Government is considering to advance cooperation of the educational unit and internal affairs unit , depend on social forces to help to improve the low socio-economic families reading activities.

本論文主旨在探討以廣泛閱讀方式將電子書運用於國中英語補救教學的課程，對於英語補救教學學生在辨認字義、閱讀理解與英語閱讀態度的影響。文中亦探討學生在實行課程當中所面臨的困難與挑戰，以及對此課程之看法。本研究以六位來自新北市八年級英語補救教學學生為研究對象，每週上課一次為期26週，課程分兩階段進行。第一階段為上學期16週，採學生個人閱讀方式；第二階段則為下學期10週，加入同儕閱讀夥伴方式閱讀。兩階段課程之前後，分別以英語測驗作為前後測。而在本研究開始前及結束後，均對學生進行閱讀態度的量測，使用工具為Yamashita (2013)的第二語言閱讀態度量表。在全部課程結束後，所有學生須填寫關於本課程的問卷。 研究結果顯示在第二階段加入閱讀夥伴後，學生在辨認字義上有顯著進步。在閱讀理解方面則成效不明顯。而且，此課程對於補救教學學生在英語閱讀態度有正面影響。根據研究結果，本研究建議國中英語教師可妥善安排閱讀夥伴，以電子書廣泛閱 讀方式融入補救教學來提升學生的認字能力與英語學習態度。此外，本研究亦提供教師教學現場以及未來研究方向之建議。 / This study aims to investigate how e-book extensive reading as a remedial program (EERRP) affects English remedial learners’ word recognition, reading comprehension, and reading attitudes towards English. It also attempts to explore the difficulties and challenges met by the remedial students and their responses to the EERRP. Six eighth-grade remedial students at a junior high school in New Taipei City were participants in this study. The 26-week program was divided into two stages with one class period every week. Stage 1 included individual reading for the first 16 weeks and Stage 2 included pair reading with reading partners for the remaining 10 weeks. The Test of English Word Recognition and Reading Comprehension was administered to the remedial students as pre-test and post-test in both stages. The degree of changes in reading attitude was assessed by using the reading attitude scale (Yamashita, 2013) before and after the EERRP. At the end of the program, a post-study questionnaire was administered to each of the participants. The results showed that there was a significant difference in word recognition skills after the inclusion of reading partners in Stage 2. The effect was not quite as good for reading comprehension. Moreover, it was found that the EERRP had positive effects on the attitudes of the struggling EFL readers towards reading English. Based upon the findings, it is suggested that junior high school English teachers can make good use of reading partners and employ the EERRP to facilitate the word recognition skills and enhance the attitudes towards learning of struggling students. Pedagogical implications and suggestions for future studies are presented as well.

閱讀行為是人類古老的活動之一，即使邁入資訊時代，閱讀能力仍是學習型社會的指標之一，更是現代公民不可或缺的素養。因此，近來政府相關單位如火如荼地推動閱讀運動，培養民眾閱讀風氣。所謂「知己知彼，百戰百勝」，政府在推動閱讀風氣前，民眾閱讀行為研究則為必備的先導工作，然而綜觀國內閱讀行為相關研究，研究對象大多鎖定在兒童，其次是成人、大專生及高中生，針對國中的研究可說是鳳毛麟爪。本研究以問卷調查法為研究架構，並以質性訪談法輔助蒐集研究資料，分析臺北市立公立國民中學學生的課外閱讀行為、態度、動機、興趣及其影響閱讀之因素。希望本研究結果可作為相關單位規劃、推動國中生閱讀運動參考之用。 本研究發現，在課外閱讀興趣與動機方面，台北市公立國中生閱讀課外讀物的主因是打發時間；導致很少閱讀課外書刊的情況以沒時間居多；經常閱讀的課外讀物類型以「漫畫」居多，其次是「圖書」；各種閱讀方式的使用情況以「閱讀印刷紙本式的書」比例最高；對於同一課外讀物，最喜歡的閱讀方式仍是「閱讀印刷紙本的書」；不同類別主題的課外讀物喜歡程度，前五高者依序是漫畫、推理偵探小說、幽默笑話、冒險小說及電影連續劇原著；進一分析得知性別、課外閱讀態度影響課外閱讀動機有關係，而年級、學業成就不會影響到課外閱讀動機；性別、學業成就及課外閱讀態度會影響到國中生在不同類別主題的課外讀物喜愛程度，而年級則否。在課外閱讀態度方面，整體而言，台北市公立國中生的課外閱讀態度是屬於積極的態度，進一步分析得知性別、學業成就及平均每天課外閱讀時間會影響到國中生課外閱讀態度，而年級則不會影響到國中課外閱讀態度。在課外閱讀行為方面，台北市公立國中生平均每天課外閱讀時數在1小時以內；從事課外閱讀活動的地點以自己家裡居多；從事課外閱讀活動的時間大多是在放學後在家時間及星期假日；課外讀物的來源以自己和父母兄姊購買為主；閱讀課外讀物時通常自己一個人；選擇課外閱物的因素，以「書本內容主題」、「師友家人的推薦」及「原著改拍成電視劇或電影」為前三高；現階段國中教育，以國文課最常進行課外閱讀指導活動；上一個學期及平均一個月閱讀課外讀物之數量分別為13.50本及4.56本；家裡有訂閱報紙的比例高於訂閱雜誌的比例；無法取得想看的課外讀物前三原因是「買(租)不到」、「沒錢買(租)」、「捨不得買」；對於父母或老師反對的課外讀物，多數學生會以理性態度處理；平時從事的休閒活動以「看電視」、「聽音樂(廣播)」及「閱讀課外書刊」為前三項；進一步分析得知年級及課外閱讀態度會影響國中生每天課外閱讀時數，而學業成就則否；年級、學業成就及課外閱讀態度均不會影響到國中生閱讀課外讀物的數量；不同性別、學業成就及課外閱讀態度學生平時從事課外閱讀活動之比例有差異，而不同年級的學生則否。 根據研究結果，從四方面提出十六點建議，做為國內相關單位推動國中課外閱讀活動之參考。在學校圖書館媒體中心方面：(1)加強學校圖書館館藏基本建設；(2)擬定館藏發展政策，並進行讀者需求調查分析；(3)與學校教師配合，共同推動校園課外閱讀風氣；(4)漫畫書是否納入館藏，應重新檢視；(5)定期舉辦主題書展，並提供優良課外讀物資訊；(6)舉辦閱讀相關競賽活動。在學校及學校教師方面：(1)善用學校自習時間，推廣課外閱讀活動；(2)學校應為每一班級訂閱一份報紙；(3)運用不同方式，推廣課外閱讀活動；(4)成立班級讀書會；(5)學校教師應積極推荐優良課外讀物。在學生家長方面：(1)協助就讀國中的子女選擇優良的課外讀物；(2)配合政府推動親子共讀活動，成立家庭讀書會。在出版社及書店業者方面：(1)一般圖書及漫畫出版品應建立圖書分級制；(2)針對青少年的閱讀興趣，出版適合青少年學生閱讀的書刊；(3)配合資訊科技的應用，推廣電子書出版品。

This research is concerned with an investigation into the factors relating to the reading habits of Indian secondary school pupils in the Phoenix area. It is important to acknowledge that among our youth there are both avid and reluctant readers during and after the period of formal education. It is the group of reluctant readers that has to be lured by the magic of reading. There is a remarkable variation in the reading habits of pupils from the same school. A self-designed questionnaire was administered to 544 boys and girls from standards 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. The descriptive data available were then analysed and interpreted. The study revealed that the amount of time spent on reading and the number of books read (which together determined reading habits) by pupils was influenced by such factors as home, school, social environment, socioeconomic status, the influence of other media and the personal aspect / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. (Psychology of Education)

Culturally responsive instruction refers to the identification of relevant cultural aspects of students’ lives and infusion of these into the curriculum. This instructional approach assumes that a culturally appropriate curriculum can potentially motivate, engage, and lead students to higher rates of achievement. This quasi-experimental study (N=44) investigated the relationship of culturally responsive instruction and the reading comprehension and attitude of struggling urban adolescent readers. The study incorporated the use of culturally responsive instruction using culturally relevant literature (CRL), the Bluford Series Novels, as authentic texts of instruction. Participants were seventh grade reading students at a Title I middle school in South Florida. After a baseline period, two different classes were taught for 8 weeks using different methods. One class formed the experimental group (n=22) and the other class formed the comparison group (n=22). The CRI curriculum for the experimental group embraced the socio-cultural perspective through the use of small discussion groups in which students read and constructed meaning with peers through interaction with the Bluford Series Novels; gave written responses to multiple strategies according to SCRAP – Summarize, Connect, Reflect, Ask Questions, Predict; responded to literal and inferential questions, while at the same time validating their responses through evidence from the text. The Read XL (basal reader) curriculum of the comparison group utilized a traditional form of instruction which incorporated the reading of passages followed by responses to comprehension questions, and teacher-led whole group discussion. The main sources of data were collected from the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests, the Florida Assessments for Instruction in Reading (FAIR), and the Rhody Secondary Reading Attitude Assessment. Statistical analyses were performed using Repeated Measures ANOVAs. Findings from the study revealed that the experimental participants’ reading attitudes and FAIR comprehension scores increased when compared to the comparison group. Overall, the results from the study revealed that culturally responsive instruction can potentially foster reading comprehension and a more positive attitude towards reading. However, a replication of this study in other settings with a larger, more randomized sample size and a greater ethnic variation is needed in order to make full generalizations.

Summaries In English, Xhosa and Afrikaans / The aim of this study was to carry out a reading comprehension intervention to empower teachers with knowledge and strategies for teaching reading, with the ultimate goal of improving the low reading comprehension of Upper Primary learners in Grade 5. The intervention was carried out for about four months, in which teachers were provided with teaching and learning resources, guidance on how to utilise the resources, and coaching on instructional practices. The intervention involved two control and two intervention schools. A modest interventionist approach was applied in which the six quality criteria for formative assessment as proposed by Nieveen (2007) were adopted to guide the study. The study was carried out in three phases. Phase 1 was concerned with the context and problem identification in which the relevance of the study, the first quality criterion, was addressed. A baseline study was conducted and the results showed that learners had low decoding and reading comprehension skills. The baseline study also revealed that teachers and principals had limited knowledge about reading and comprehension and how to teach them, and the schools were poorly resourced. Considering the low reading levels and academic performance of the learners, there was a need to improve the learners’ reading comprehension levels through teacher empowerment to enhance their literacy practices and change their attitudes. The study was underpinned by two theories of change, namely Guskey’s (1986, 2002) theory of teacher change and Fishbein’s (2000) Integrative Model of Behaviour Prediction. Phase 2 was concerned about the design, development and implementation of the intervention in which four quality criteria were addressed: the consistency, expected practicality, actual practicality, and the expected effectiveness of the intervention. Phase 3 addressed the actual effectiveness of the intervention, and the analysis of the pre- and post-intervention scores showed that the intervention schools improved significantly more than the control schools in decoding tests. The results also showed that the grade-appropriate age groups (10 and 11-yearolds) performed significantly higher than the older learners, and that girls had a slightly better performance than boys in all the assessments. The findings suggest that quality teaching and learning can happen if teachers receive ongoing support to enhance their instructional practices. / Injongo yolu phando ibe ikukuqhuba umsebenzi wokungenelela kufundo ngokuqiqa kwanokuqonda intsingiselo equlethwe kumagama abhaliweyo, ukuze kuxhotyise ootitshala ngezakhono nangeendlela emabafundise ngazo abafundi, khon’ukuze bakwazi ukufunda nokuqonda okubhaliweyo. Eyona nto lujonge kuyo olu phando, kukukhuphula izinga lesakhono sokufundwa kwamagama abhaliweyo ngabafundi bebanga lesi-5, ukuze bafunde ngomoya wengqiqo nokuqonda intsingiselo yoko bakufundayo. Olu phando lulungenelelo olwaaqhutywa isithuba esingangeenyanga ezine, apho ootitshala baanikwa izixhobo zokufundisa, kunye nemigaqo yokusetyenziswa kwazo, baza baqeqeshelwa ukumilisela imiyalelo yokwenza oko bakufundisiweyo. Olu phando lubandakanya amaqela amabini ezikolo. Elokuqala, lelezikolo ezimbini apho abafundi bebandakanywe kuphando njengokuba benjalo. Oko kuthetha ukuthi, aba bafundi abanalo ifuthe longenelelo esingalo esi sifundo. Elesibini, lelezikolo ezimbini ekwenziwe kuzo ungenelelo. Xa kwakuqhutywa olu phando, kwaasetyenziswa uhlobo longenelelo oluzothileyo (i-modest intervention approach). Kulapho kwaaphakanyiswa khona ukuba kusetyenziswe imigaqo emithandathu ekumgangatho ophezulu, apho kuqhutywa uvavanyo olusekwe phezu kweentlobo-ntlobo zeemvavanyo, ngokwengcebiso kaNieveen (2007). Olu phando lwaaqhutywa kwizigaba ezintathu. Kwisigaba soku-1, lwalujongene nokubona ingxaki kunye neemeko eyenzeka phantsi kwazo, Kulapho olu ngenelelo lufuneka khona, nalapho umgangatho ophezulu nowokuqala waathi waphicothwa ngokubanzi. Isiseko sophando saaqhutywa, zaza iziphumo zaso zabonisa okokuba izinga lesakhono sokufunda kwabafundi liphantsi ngokubhekiselele kufundo lwamagama abhaliweyo, kuba bengenaso isakhono sokuhlalutya ngokupheleleyo instingiselo yamagama abhaliweyo, nesakhono sokufunda amagama ngomoya wengqiqo. Isiseko sophando sikwadize okokuba iititshala neenqununu azinalwazi luphangaleleyo malunga nendlela ekufundwa nekuhlalutywa ngayo amagama izivakalisi kunye neentetho ezibhaliweyo. Kananjalo, isiseko sophando sikwadize okokuba iititshala neenqununu azinazo izakhono zokufundisa abafundi ukufunda nokuhlalutya okubhaliweyo ngengqiqo, kwaye izikolo ziswele izixhobo zokukhuphula izinga lokufunda okubhaliweyo ngabafundi. Ngelokuthathela ingqalelo amazinga aphantsi ngokubhekiselele kwizakhono zabafundi ekufundeni amagama abhaliweyo, nakwimpumelelo yabafundi kwizifundo zabo ngokubanzi, kwaabakho imfuneko yokokuba kuphuculwe amazinga ekufundwa ngawo ngabafundi xa befunda okubhaliweyo. Ngokolu phando, konke oku kuyakwenzeka ngokuthi kuxhotyiswe ootitshala ngezakhono zokuphucula indlela abaqhuba ngayo xa befundisa abafundi ukubhala nokufunda okubhaliweyo, ukuze kananjalo batshintshe indlela ababona ngayo. Olu phando luxhaswe ngemibono emalunga notshintsho, nekuyimibono yeengcali ezimbini, u-Guskey’s (1986, 2002) ngombono wakhe osihloko sawo sithi “Utshintsho kwititshala” ‘Teacher change’ kunye no-Fishbein’s (2000) ngombono wakhe omalunga nokuphicotha ngokubanzi indlela zokutshintsha okanye ekunokwakhiwa ngazo izimilo okanye indlela ezithile zokuziphatha (NgesiNgesi yi-“Integrative Model of Behaviour Prediction). Isigaba sesi-2 sasijongene noku kulandelayo: izicwangciso zokungenelela kwingxuba kaxaka ethe yaphawulwa kolu phando, ukusebenzisa olu phando njengelinge lokungenelela ekukhuphuleni izinga lokufunda okubhaliweyo, nasekumiliseleni olu ngenelelo kwinkqubo zokufundisa okubhaliweyo. Kwesi sigaba kuyakuphicothwa ngokwemigqaliselo emine ekudidi oluphezulu ekuyile ilandelayo: Ungenelelo lwenziwa rhoqo okanye ngamaxesha athile; kulindeleke ukuba lwenzeke kangakanani olu ngenelelo? Kanti lona eneneni lwenzeke kangakanani? Utshintsho olulindelekileyo ngenxa yolu phando olungenelele kwingxaki ekhoyo yezinga eliphantsi lokufundwa kwamagama okanye okubhaliweyo ngokubanzi. Kwisigaba sesi-3, kuphicothwe kwabekwa elubala eyona nto iye yenzeka okanye umahluko oye wabonakala ngenxa yolu ngenelelo xa abafundi befunda amagama abhaliweyo. Ukuze kubonakale oku, kuphicothwe amanqaku athathwe phambi kokuba kungenelelwe nasemva kokuba kungenelelwe. Laa manqaku aye abonakalisa okokuba kwizikolo ebekwenziwe kuzo uphando longenelelo, inqanaba lokufunda amagama abhaliweyo ngomoya wokutolika ngengqiqo, likhuphuke ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, laba ke ngoko libhulele amasaka ezo zikolo bezingakhange zichatshazelwe lungenelelo. Iziphumo zolu phando zikwabonakalisa okokuba amaqela abafundi (abaminyaka ili-10 ne-11 leminyaka ubudala) ngokwamabanga abakuwo esikolweni ngokufanelekileyo, bababhulele amasaka abafundi abadala kunabo ngeminyaka xa kuthelekiswa amanqaku angokufunda ngengqiqo. Ngaphezu koko, amanqaku amantombazana abe bukhuphuka xa kuthelekiswa nawamakhwenkwe kuyo yonke imisebenzi yokuvavanywa kwabo. Iziphumo zophando zibonakalisa okokuba ukufundisa nokufunda okusemgangathweni kungenzeka xa iititshala zisoloko zifumana inkxaso engagungqiyo ukuze zikwazi ukukhuphula nokuphucula imisebenzi yabo yemihla ngemihla, yokufundisa abafundi. / Die doel van hierdie studie was om 'n leesbegripsintervensie uit te voer om onderwysers te bemagtig met kennis en strategieë vir leesonderrig, met die uiteindelike doel om die lae leesbegrip van Hoër Primêre leerders in graad 5 te verbeter. Die intervensie is vir ongeveer vier gedoen maande, waarin onderwysers onderrig- en leerhulpbronne, leiding oor hoe om die hulpbronne te benut, en afrigting oor onderrigpraktyke voorsien is. Die intervensie het twee beheer- en twee intervensieskole behels. 'N Beskeie intervensionistiese benadering is toegepas waarin die ses kwaliteitskriteria vir formatiewe assessering, soos voorgestel deur Nieveen (2007), gebruik word om die studie te lei. Die studie is in drie fases uitgevoer. Fase 1 het gehandel oor die konteks en probleemidentifisering waarin die relevansie van die studie, die eerste kwaliteitskriterium, aangespreek is. 'N Basisstudie is uitgevoer en die resultate het getoon dat leerders oor lae vaardighede beskik oor dekodering en leesbegrip. Die basisstudie het ook aan die lig gebring dat onderwysers en skoolhoofde beperkte kennis gehad het oor lees en begrip en hoe om dit te onderrig, en dat die skole nie genoeg hulpbronne gehad het nie. Met inagneming van die lae leesvlakke en akademiese prestasie van die leerders, was dit nodig om die leerders se leesbegripsvlakke te verbeter deur bemagtiging van onderwysers om hul geletterdheidspraktyke te verbeter en hul houding te verander. Die studie is ondersteun deur twee teorieë oor verandering, naamlik Guskey (1986, 2002) se teorie oor onderwyserverandering en Fishbein (2000) se integrerende model van gedragsvoorspelling. Fase 2 was besorg oor die ontwerp, ontwikkeling en implementering van die intervensie waarin vier kwaliteitskriteria aangespreek is: die konsekwentheid, verwagte praktiese, werklike praktiese en die verwagte effektiwiteit van die intervensie. Fase 3 het die werklike effektiwiteit van die intervensie behandel, en die ontleding van die voor- en na-intervensie-tellings het getoon dat die intervensie-skole aansienlik meer verbeter het as die beheerskole in dekoderingstoetse. Die resultate het ook getoon dat die graadtoepaslike ouderdomsgroepe (10 en 11-jariges) beduidend hoër presteer as die ouer leerders, en dat meisies in al die assesserings effens beter presteer as seuns. Die bevindinge dui daarop dat gehalte-onderrig en -leer kan gebeur as onderwysers deurlopend ondersteuning kry om hul onderrigpraktyke te verbeter. / Linguistics and Modern Languages