Dimensions of Reading : Findings from a Focus Group Interview to Adults

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  • 読書行為の次元 : 成人を対象としたフォーカス・グループ・インタビュー
  • ドクショ コウイ ノ ジゲン セイジン オ タイショウ ト シタ フォーカス グループ インタビュー

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This article attempts to characterize "reading (dokusho)" as an action. A large number of studies have focused on one aspect of "reading", such as the reading guidance for students or the reading materials. This research works from a slightly different approach. The focus of this research is what the adult considers "reading" to be. This article regards "reading" as more complex action for the adult. Twenty-nine people were recruited to conduct 5 focus group interviews. The participants were all in their 20s, 30s, and 40s. Focus group sessions allowed for identifying the concept of "reading" for the adult. This paper suggests that reading action was constructed with 5 dimensions. 1) Objects; What they read, 2) Backgrounds and goals; Why and for what they read, 3) Action; How they read, 4) Effects; How they are influenced after reading, 5) Place; Where they read. It must be emphasized that "Objects" could be recognized as more complicated dimensions in this paper. The dimension consisted of following 3 parts; 1) Physical materials, 2) Genres, 3) Values of the contents.

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