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conduct this type of control in this study, since the researcher administered four tests (RPTE, IPT
Oral, IPT Writing, and IPT Reading) in order to determine the effect of using children's
literature in the adolescent EFL classroom. As Hopkins (2000) pointed out, if all the tests are
independent unities, the chance of type one error is increased and to control for it would be
justifiable. If the tests are not independent, using any type one error control, Bonferroni
Adjustment in particular, would be too severe (Hopkins, 2000). All testing measures used in this
research include testing procedures used to measure English language development in ESL
students. All four tests used in the study measure four variables - four language development
skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. These four variables are tightly connected in
literacy development, and it is impossible to isolate any one of them in reaching a conclusion
about the achievements of second/foreign language learners. Each one of these skills is a
different component of language acquisition. It is possible to look at the development of a single
skill, but it would inevitably depend on the development of the others (Atwell, 1987; Au et al.,
1997; Calkins, 1986, 2000; First and second language. The reading and writing connection, ;
Graves, 1983; Samway, 2006; Strech, 1994). Therefore, I chose not to use any control for a type
one error, but to use descriptive statistics to look at the separate variables (skills) and their
interrelationship in the second/foreign language development.
Summary
This chapter presented the methodology that was used to analyze the relationship
between the use of children's literature with adolescent English-as-a-foreign-language learners
and their English language development and attitude toward reading in English and reading in
general. The chapter included a description of the main elements of the study, including the
design of the study, the population and the sample, the treatment, the quantitative and qualitative70
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Belsky, Stella. The Effects of Using Children's Literature with Adolescents in the English As a Foreign Language Classroom., dissertation, December 2006; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5481/m1/79/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .