Dr. D.J. (Deborah) Yapp-Raphael
Gepromoveerde NWO
Hogeschool Leiden
Betrokkenheid Vakdidactiek GW
Engels wordt wereldwijd steeds meer gebruikt voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek, waardoor enorme eisen worden gesteld aan de academische leesvaardigheid in de tweede taal (T2) van hoger onderwijs studenten. Taalinterventies kunnen helpen. Helaas, worden studenten in het beroepsonderwijs onvoldoende blootgesteld aan T2-lezen om interventies te kunnen werken. Een interventie voor digitaal game-based learning (DGBL) kan echter een impuls geven. DGBL kan succesvol blijken bij studenten uit het beroepsonderwijs, aangezien actieve of ex-gamers over uitzonderlijke academische leesvaardigheden in T2 beschikken vergeleken met niet-gamers. In dit unieke post-doc project van Deborah Yapp wordt met behulp van een Scholarship of Teaching and Learning beurs een DGBL-leesinterventie ontwikkeld, geïmplementeerd en getest om de academische leesvaardigheid in T2 te verbeteren. Deze project begint in september 2024 en loopt tot begin 2026.
Linguistics and Education
Language and reading comprehension
Gaming and reading
Postdoc onderzoek
Using a digital game-based learning reading intervention to improve second language academic reading skills for students in higher education
English is increasingly used worldwide for scholarly research, placing enormous demands on second language (L2) academic reading skills for higher education students. Reading interventions can help, but, vocational education students are inadequately L2 reading exposed for interventions to improve skills sufficiently. However, a digital game-based learning (DGBL) reading intervention can boost reading skills, because, besides flow, DGBL motivates new skill learning. DGBL would benefit poor readers as video-gamers seem to possess exceptional L2 reading skills compared to non-gamers. In this project a DGBL reading intervention will be developed, implemented and tested to improve L2 reading skills in higher education students. This project is possible thanks to a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning grant from the NWO. The start date for this project is September 2024 and the expected end date is begin 2026.
Open Universiteit
Publicaties
- Improving second language reading comprehension through reading strategies. A meta-analysis of L2 reading strategy interventions.- Download
- Effects of reading strategy instruction in English as a second language on students academic reading comprehension.- Download
- An approach to acedemic success: Improving L2 reading performance in higher education through explicit reading strategy instruction - Download
Opleiding en achtergrond
PhD in Language and Education, Utrecht University, 19 November 2021.
Masters English Language and Culture: Leiden University.
Masters of Graduate School of Teaching (ICLON): Leiden University
Werkkring
Promotieonderzoek
An Approach to Academic Success: Improving Second Language Reading Performance in Higher Education through Explicit Reading Strategy Instruction.
19/11/2021
Universiteit Utrecht