A study of teaching of reading strategies to enhance the comprehension monitoring awareness of upper primary students in Hong Kong = Yue du ce lüe jiao xue dui cu jin xiao xue gao nian ji xue sheng de yue du li jie jian kong zhi jue de ying xiang

Abstract

Ever since the curriculum reform was launched, 'Reading to Learn' has been one of the four key tasks initiated. The result shown in Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS,2011) reflected that the reading ability of Hong Kong Primary students is among the best in the world, whereas their reading motivation ranking the last. Researchers also found in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA, 2009) conducted among secondary students that their metacognitive level is the lowest among all the secondary students in South-east Asian districts. It reflected that Hong Kong students lack self-regulation and comprehension monitoring awareness in reading.

This dissertation is written in support of an action research and a case study. It aims to discuss the impact on the implementation of teaching of reading strategies on four different primary students, who are of diverse ability on comprehension. In the action research, the researcher tries to enhance students' comprehension monitoring awareness through introducing the K-W-L Chart and Directed Reading and Thinking Activity. In the case study, the researcher makes use of think aloud activities and student interviews to collect and analyze the qualitative data obtained. Together with the quantitative analysis, the researcher studies the reading strategies used among the four selected primary 4 students as well as their understanding toward reading strategies before and after they received the teaching in the process. The research result reflects that teaching reading strategies has a significant effect on enhancing student's reading comprehension monitoring awareness among students, especially the lower ability students. Furthermore, this research makes a few practical suggestions on how to enhance students' reading comprehension awareness in daily teaching.

自課程改革(以下簡稱「課改」)以來，「從閱讀中學習」一直為課改四大關鍵項目之一。「全球學生閱讀能力進展研究(PIRLS，2011)」的結果反映本港小學生的閱讀能力冠絕全球，閱讀動機卻在全球榜尾的奇怪現象；而以中學生為對象的「學生基礎素養能力計劃(PISA，2009)」亦發現本港學生的後設認知能力水平為全東南亞地區最差，反映本港學生在閱讀方面缺乏自我調整和閱讀監控的意識。 本論文旨在以行動研究(action research)及個案研究(case study)方式，探討閱讀策略教學對促進四位小學四年級不同能力學生的閱讀理解監控知覺的影響。在行動研究方面，研究員通過教授自我檢測圖及引領思維閱讀策略，促進學生的理解監控知覺。在個案研究方面，通過放聲思考(think aloud)活動及學生訪談，搜集及分析質性數據，並結合量性分析，探討本港某小學四位四年級學生於接受教學前後，在閱讀過程中運用閱讀策略的情況，以及他們對閱讀策略的認識。研究結果反映，閱讀策略教學對促進學生的閱讀理解監控知覺對於閱讀能力較弱的學生，有明顯的影響。此外，本研究就如何在日常教學中教授閱讀策略，以提升學生的閱讀理解監控知覺方面提出一些建議。