{"pk":35993,"title":"Adult Hispanic ESL Students and Graded Readers","subtitle":null,"abstract":"This study examined the extent to which graded readers vis-à-vis scaffolded silent reading (ScSR) resulted\nin increased vocabulary, reading comprehension, and\na positive attitude toward reading. A mixed-methods\nstudy was administered to two upper-intermediate adult\nESL classes at a community college in southwestern Arizona. Both groups took The Vocabulary Size Test and\nTABE Complete Language Assessment System–English.\nThe treatment group selected and read graded readers,\nmet individually with the instructor, and kept a journal;\nin addition, several students from the treatment group\nwere interviewed at the beginning and end of the study.\nDescriptive statistics were used on the pre- and posttests.\nThe findings were promising and showed some growth in\nvocabulary and reading comprehension for both the treatment and control groups. Furthermore, participants of\nthe treatment group expressed a positive attitude toward\nreading graded readers through scaffolded silent reading.\nAs a result, this study demonstrated that graded readers\nused with scaffolded silent reading show promise with this\nstudent population.","language":"eng","license":null,"keywords":[],"section":"Theme Section - Extensive Reading","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0mk9q4dw","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Liza","middle_name":"E.","last_name":"Martinez","name_suffix":"","institution":"Arizona Western College, San Luis Branch","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2017-01-01T19:00:00+01:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/catesoljournal/article/35993/galley/26845/download/"}]}