Why do children read more? The influence of reading ability on voluntary reading practices

the impact of cooperative questioning vs. self-questioning methods on the reading comperhension ability of iranian pre- intermediate efl learners

این تحقیق به بررسی تاثیر استفاده از روش پرسش مشارکتی در مقابل روش خود پرسشی بر توانایی خواندن زبان آموزان سطح پیش متوسطه ایرانی می پردازد. در این تحقیق تلاش شده تا متوجه شویم که آیا این استراتژی ها تاثیری بر روی توانایی خواندن زبان آموزان دارد یا نه و کدام یک تاثیر بیشتری دارد. بر این اساس 98 زبان آموز انتخاب و از طریق تست مهارتی ماک تافل همگن شدند. سپس محقق آنها را به سه گروه تقسیم کرد که این ...

the impact of explicit instruction of top-down reading strategies on reading comprehension of intermediate efl learners

this study investigated (a) the learners’ existing reading strategy repertoire, (b) the effect of instruction in reading strategies on learners’ strategic performance, and (c) the effect of explicit instruction in top-down reading strategies on reading comprehension ability of intermediate learners. the study was conducted with 40 intermediate efl learners in two groups of experimental and cont...

the role of semantic and communicative translation on reading comprehension of scientific texts

the following null hypothesis was proposed: h : there is no significant difference between the use of semantically or communicatively translates scientific texts. to test the null hypothesis, a number of procedures were taken first, two passages were selected form soyrcebooks of food and nutrition industry and gardening deciplines. each, in turn, was following by a number of comprehension quest...

Voluntary Reading 1 The Effects of a Voluntary Summer Reading Intervention on Reading Activities and Reading Achievement

the effect of efl teachers beliefs about teaching reading strategies on their students success and motivation in reading comprehension

previous studies regarding teachers’ beliefs have revealed that teachers’ beliefs have influence on their classroom practices. the current study aimed to investigate the effect of teachers’ beliefs about teaching reading strategies on students’ motivation and success in reading comprehension in the context of english teaching as a foreign language in high schools of mazandaran, iran. data were ...