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Title:
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GENDER AND LEARNING STYLE IN THE USE OF HYPERTEXT FOR READING IN AN EFL PROGRAM |
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Author(s):
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Patricia Haseltine |
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ISBN:
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972-8924-16-X |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías, Maggie McPherson and Frank Bannister |
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Year:
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2006 |
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Edition:
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2 |
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Keywords:
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hypertext, reading, English as a Foreign Language (EFL), Taiwan, gender, learning style |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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35 |
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Last Page:
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38 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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This paper analyzes the results of research carried out among students in two college-level schools in Taiwan on the
relationships between gender and the use of a hypertext design for reading in the foreign language of English. It further
examines the gender differences in motivation for studying English among these students. It is found that, although using
hypertext for reading is seen as beneficial by most college students, more women students, who are also more learningdirected
than goal-oriented, still prefer to read printed materials in a linear format than men students, who are more goaldirected
than learning-oriented and like to make access to hypertext choices. That is, there is a significant difference
between men and women students for the appreciation of a hypertext dictionary which provides vocabulary meanings,
with men students proving significantly higher than women. |
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