1st year

2nd year

3rd year

fall

spring

fall

spring

fall

improvement

Change in Interest

comprehensive academic achievement

fall of 1st year to spring of 2nd year

0.037

0.040

0.038

0.048

0.059

0.032

spring of 2nd year to fall of 2nd year

−0.076

−0.013

0.020

0.036

0.069

0.141**

fall of 2nd year to spring of 3rd year

0.038

0.027

0.045

0.044

0.030

0.025

spring of 3rd year to fall of 3rd year

−0.067

−0.047

−0.073

−0.016

−0.001

0.051

Change in Interest

listening test

fall of 1st year to spring of 2nd year

0.026

0.008

−0.017

0.030

0.057

spring of 2nd year to fall of 2nd year

−0.041

−0.018

0.054

−0.043

0.049

fall of 2nd year to spring of 3rd year

−0.022

0.003

−0.035

0.071

−0.009

spring of 3rd year to fall of 3rd year

−0.066

−0.089

0.023

−0.076

0.005

Change in Interest

grammar comprehension

fall of 1st year to spring of 2nd year

0.028

−0.047

0.055

0.062

0.007

spring of 2nd year to fall of 2nd year

−0.030

−0.006

0.032

0.066

0.092

fall of 2nd year to spring of 3rd year

−0.027

0.045

0.047

0.023

−0.025

spring of 3rd year to fall of 3rd year

0.023

−0.083

−0.133**

−0.047

0.048

Change in Interest

conversational reading comprehension

fall of 1st year to spring of 2nd year

0.088

0.068

−0.022

−0.022

0.003

spring of 2nd year to fall of 2nd year

−0.069

0.019

−0.019

0.062

0.047

fall of 2nd year to spring of 3rd year

0.024

−0.015

0.059

0.042

0.010

spring of 3rd year to fall of 3rd year

−0.084

−0.097

−0.036

−0.046

0.028

Change in Interest

long reading comprehension

fall of 1st year to spring of 2nd year

0.081

−0.049

−0.004

−0.002

0.080

spring of 2nd year to fall of 2nd year

−0.066

−0.030

−0.008

0.058

0.051

fall of 2nd year to spring of 3rd year

0.005

0.047

0.006

−0.015

0.030

spring of 3rd year to fall of 3rd year

0.051

0.006

−0.025

0.029

−0.035