Learn to Love Reading- Testing the Influence of Young Adult Literature on Literacy Development

This study investigated whether reading young adult literature motivatedyoung adult ESL learners and hastened their English literacy learning. The primaryquestion considered if reading young adult literature had a positive influenceon literacy development and academic confidence for these non-Englishspeaking new immigrant middle school students.The findings suggested that reading young adult literature extensively playeda dynamic role in ESL student literacy success. Reading provided a foundationfor their development in literacy and helped them think and reason. Readingserved as a tool for their success in problem solving. It also helped the ESLparticipants in this study succeed in their academic performance.The book is a qualitative research case study anyone interested in qualitativeresearch middle school education and ESL student education will find thisbook a real help for them to better understand ESL students' learning andliteracy development.