やさしい英語の本を"たくさん読む"だけで力がつく？ 多読の研究をまとめて出た答え

Q1. What do you do in extensive reading when you do not understand a part?

1. AUse a dictionary
2. BAsk a teacher
3. CSkip it
4. DStop reading the book

If you do not understand a part, you skip it. とあるので C。辞書は使わない。

Q2. What can extensive reading improve, according to the passage?

1. AWriting speed
2. BReading speed
3. CSpeaking speed
4. DSpelling

it can improve reading speed とあるので B。

Q3. In this passage, "skip" means ...

1. Atranslate a part
2. Bread a part many times
3. Cwrite a part down
4. Dnot read a part and go on

skip は「飛ばす」。読まずに先へ進むことなので D。

Q1. How is extensive reading different from the usual way of studying in Japan?

1. ALearners translate every sentence carefully.
2. BLearners read difficult books with a dictionary.
3. CLearners only study grammar.
4. DLearners read a lot of easy books for pleasure without a dictionary.

learners read large amounts of easy books for pleasure, without a dictionary とあり、訳読と対照的なので D。

Q2. What did the one-year study of Japanese university students find?

1. AIntensive reading made students read faster.
2. BStudents who read more became faster readers.
3. CNobody's reading speed changed.
4. DStudents forgot how to read.

became faster readers than those in intensive reading classes、さらに the groups that read the most gained more speed とあるので B。

Q3. What advice would the writer most likely give?

1. ACombine extensive reading with direct study of new words.
2. BStop reading easy books.
3. COnly use a dictionary when reading.
4. DRead one difficult book very slowly.

多読は新語を覚える魔法ではない（数回の出会いでは忘れる）とあるので、単語学習と組み合わせる A が妥当。

Q1. What is the main point of the passage?

1. AExtensive reading is useless for Japanese learners.
2. BIntensive reading is the only effective method.
3. CExtensive reading helps, including with speed, but new words still need deliberate study.
4. DDictionaries should be used for every unknown word.

多読は効果があり、読む速さも伸びるが、新語は意図的な学習が必要、という最終文までの流れから C。

Q2. According to the 2016 analysis, what affected the size of the gains?

1. AThe price of the books
2. BLearners' age and whether English was a foreign or second language
3. CThe number of teachers in the school
4. DWhether learners used e-books

varied with learners' age and with whether English was a foreign or second language とあるので B。

Q3. Why is interpreting extensive reading research "further complicated"?

1. AResearchers did not measure reading speed.
2. BNo study included Japanese students.
3. CAll the studies lasted only one day.
4. DStudies recorded reading volume differently and comparison groups received different teaching.

studies differ in how reading volume was recorded and in what comparison groups received とあるので D。