CORRELATION RESEARCH

Question

Is there a relationship between student achievement in the reading paper of English Language test and the amount of time they spend in reading English books?

Independent variable - time in reading English books
Dependent variable – marks in English test

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How to collect data?

Reading records are to be distributed to a class of students with a minimum number of 30 for them to mark down the time they spent on reading English books everyday.
Students will be given a test on English Language after half a year.

How to improve teaching and learning?

As “Reading to learn” is one of the key tasks that the EMB recommended to help students develop independent learning capabilities, almost every school is trying to push students to spend more time to read and allocate some reading time in school, such as before the commencement of the class in the morning, or at the lunch time. Everyday students are required to spend at least 15 to 20 minutes to do the reading at school.

If positive correlation is found, it is worthwhile for schools to consider arranging more compulsory time for students to read. Maybe after school, students are required to stay behind for a lesson to read English books.

Limitation

Reading is just one of the factors that help in improving English, other factors such as writing more, listening more and speaking more are the traditional methods used to improve English.

The said research does not consider the standard of English books students read, are they at the appropriate standard for students to improve English?