Analysis of photo-elicitation interviews Reading habits In this phase of the study, the photo-elicited interviews serve to highlight a number of interesting reading habits of the participants. Table 7-7 summarises reading habits in terms of participant status and purpose of reading. Table 77 Summary of participant reading habits Status Reader type Reading purpose Academic Leisure Lecturer Technophile Can read from any materials that can Can read from be written on conveniently any materials Masters students Pragmatist Read text books in printed Can read from format only any materials but depends on In case of reading for specific place and time assignments, multi-format reading materials are used PhD students Technophile Read from Read from both printed and printed format electronic formats only Comfortable reading from a screen, and taking notes on paper Occasionally print out electronic texts to read Undergraduate Pragmatist Read text books in printed Can read from students any materials but format only depends on In case of reading for specific place and time. assignments, multi-format reading materials are used As the results show, there were slight differences in the reading habits of different groups of participants. In the case of academic reading, the lecturer and the PhD students were more flexible with the formats of reading material. They read from both printed and electronic formats in parallel. However, regardless of reading material, the lecturer showed more concern about the relative ease of making notes in the text when using particular materials. Thus, a note-taking feature was a
Analysis of photo-elicitation interviews Reading habits In this phase of the study, the photo-elicited interviews serve to highlight a number of interesting reading habits of the participants. Table 7-7 summarises reading habits in terms of participant status and purpose of reading. Table 77 Summary of participant reading habits Status Reader type Reading purpose Academic Leisure Lecturer Technophile Can read from any materials that can be written on conveniently Can read from any materials Masters students Pragmatist Read text books in printed format only In case of reading for specific assignments, multi-format reading materials are used Can read from any materials but depends on place and time PhD students Technophile Read from both printed and electronic formats Comfortable reading from a screen, and taking notes on paper Occasionally print out electronic texts to read Read from printed format only Undergraduate students Pragmatist Read text books in printed format only In case of reading for specific assignments, multi-format reading materials are used Can read from any materials but depends on place and time. As the results show, there were slight differences in the reading habits of different groups of participants. In the case of academic reading, the lecturer and the PhD students were more flexible with the formats of reading material. They read from both printed and electronic formats in parallel. However, regardless of reading material, the lecturer showed more concern about the relative ease of making notes in the text when using particular materials. Thus, a note-taking feature was a
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