Gender Differences in Reading Comprehension for Chinese Secondary School Students

The paper contains a report on the investigation of the the relationship between gender differences and reading comprehension at secondary level in China. Another objective was to discover the effective reading strategies for Chinese secondary school students and instructions for Chinese English teachers. A brief review of literature on the previous research on gender differences in second language learning will be conducted. A second review of literature relating to research the relationship between gender and reading comprehension will be conducted. Through a review of the literature, it is evident that most research conducted addresses reading strategies, motivation and FL anxiety effect on reading comprehension. A bulk of the research states that gender differences impacts reading comprehension. GENDER DIFFERENCES IN READING COMPREHENSION FOR CHINESE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS __________________ A Seminar Paper Research Presented to the Graduate Faculty University of Wisconsin-Platteville __________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree Master of Science in Education by Wei Wei (Veronica) 2009