RAZ Again: A Second Examination on the Effects of a Digital Reading App in an EFL Class

This paper continues examining the effects of a digital reading app (RAZ Kids ) on English language learners and classroom implementation in an English as a Foreign Language reading class.This phase of the research took place during one full academic year April 2022 to January 2023 with a small group of first year students studying Global Communication at a private university in Hiroshima, Japan. The data gathered during this study is both qualitative in the form of anonymous surveys and quantitative results tracking time participants spent using the app. As with the first phase of this study the RAZ Kids leveled reading app continues to be an effective method of extensive reading and useful tool for classroom management.