The effect of timing of pre-reading activities on high intermediate EFL learners’ reading comprehension
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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Elham ZARFSAZ
Islamic Azad University, Urmia Branch, İran
Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen Üniversitesi, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | SCOPUS dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies |
| Dergi ISSN | 1305-578X |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | Scopus |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 01-2021 |
| Cilt No | 17 |
| Sayı | 1 |
| Sayfalar | 702 / 716 |
| Makale Linki | https://www.jlls.org/index.php/jlls/article/view/1894/718 |
| Özet |
| This study was carried on for the purpose of comparing EFL learners' reading comprehension skill before and after the execution of timing different types of pre-reading activities. To do so, 54 high intermediate EFL learners who were within the age range of 15-24 were asked to participate in the study. A quasi-experimental design was adopted and it was found that after applying the pre-reading activities the participants of the experimental group who were given some time to process the information given in the pre-reading activities before reading a text performed better in the post-test when balanced the differences with the presenting of the participants in the control group who were asked to start the reading task immediately after fulfilling the pre-reading activities. The researchers utilized Paired and independent samples t-tests to analyze the gathered data and find the answers to the posed research question. Based on the findings, although both groups showed improvement in the post-test more probably due to the outcome of pre-reading activities, the superior performance of the experimental group leads to the conclusion that timing these activities can assess the learners' information processing before actually applying them in the reading process. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Brainstorming discussion | Comprehension | EFL learner | English as a foreign language | High-intermediate | Pre-reading activities | Summarization | Vocabulary elaboration |
