Mami YOSHIDA
   Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of British and American Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies
   Position   Professor
Language English
Publication Date 2021/07
Type Academic Paper
Title An emergency shift from paper to digital books in a large-scale extensive reading program at a Japanese university : Effects on learner performance and experience
Contribution Type Multiple author(s)
Journal Ignis
Journal TypeJapan
Volume, Issue, Page 1,pp.1-27
Total page number 27
Author and coauthor Campbell, A. P., Yoshida, M., Calman, R., Davey, I., Campbell, J., Fujikura, N.
Details The purpose of this paper is to report on the transition process from print to digital books in a university-wide extensive reading program. Because of lack of access to the university extensive reading library during the pandemic, an extensive reading program run through the online extensive reading system, Xreading, replaced the previous extensive reading management system, M-Reader.Differences observed in the data showed that students read significantly fewer words but far more books on average with digital books than a similar cohort previously did with paper-based books. It also showed that there was a slight but significant decrease in intrinsic motivation amongst learners when reading digital books versus paper-based ones.