Self-Assessed Reading Comprehension in English Among Adults in Japan

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  • Implications of Lifestyle and Information Technology

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This study commences with statistical data analysis of Japanese adults’ self-assessment of their English reading comprehension and various explanatory variables. Data from the Japanese General Social Survey (JGSS) were analyzed in two stages. In the first stage, a series of bivariate analyses were conducted with demographic, socio-economic, and lifestyle-related indicators as independent variables and self-assessed reading comprehension in English as the dependent variable. In the second stage, several multivariate models were constructed to determine which model best accounts for the effects on the dependent variable. The variables in the category of lifestyle-related factors—which includes the degree of information technology (IT) utilization—surfaced as predictive of the variable on self-assessed reading comprehension in English for Japanese adults. Subsequent to the analyses, implications and possibilities of IT as a reading resource for Japanese adult learners of English are discussed.

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  • JAILA Journal

    JAILA Journal 7 (0), 2-13, 2021

    The Japan Association of International Liberal Arts

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