Based on the English Reading Literacy Framework for Chinese Primary and Secondary School Students, action research was conducted using questionnaires to measure students’ reading character in two middle schools in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China, with a total of 249 middle school students. The results of the study showed that the specific factors (students’ behaviors and performances) that the authors hypothesized could be used to assess students’ reading habits and reading experiences respectively, were correlated with reading character. And although there were differences in the correlations, the overall inter-school differences were not significant. Thus, the system for assessing reading character in the English reading literacy framework for secondary school students is refined at the practical level.

Zhoujing Ling, Lian Bian. An Action Research on the Factors of Chinese Secondary Students’ English Reading Character. Frontiers in Educational Research (2024) Vol. 7, Issue 6: 110-115. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2024.070616.

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