| Summary: | 碩士 === 南華大學 === 文化創意事業管理學系休閒產業碩士班 === 103 === The primary purpose of this study aims to examine how students’ reading motivations and reading behavior relate to their Chinese academic achievement at Da-Ye Junior High School in Chiayi city. A questionnaire survey implemented with stratified proportional random sampling technique was conducted to collect data for the research, and methods for data analysis included descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, one-way analysis of variance and regression analysis. There were 318 valid samples retrieved, yielding a 92.17% valid recovery rate.
The results of this study showed that students at Da-Ye Junior High School were with high reading motivation. As to reading behavior, most students read less than an hour per week. They usually spent weekends and holidays on outside reading. In average, under ten books were read per semester. Books borrowed from the libraries were the main source for students to read out of school, so the expense of buying books each semester was mostly “null.” Furthermore, students tended to read more literary works, such as fiction and prose, and places chosen for reading were usually at home. To conclude, the study found that students’ reading motivation and reading behavior allow their Chinese academic achievement to be predictable; hence a significant correlation between the three factors is established.
According to the research results, further suggestions will be made to schools, teachers and parents.
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