International Journal of Research in English Education
ژورنال بین المللی تحقیقات در آموزش انگلیسی
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Effects of Extensive Reading on EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension and Attitudes
Effects of Extensive Reading on EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension and Attitudes
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<span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">This research aimed at </span></span><span style="color:windowtext;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">reporting two consecutive studies on the effects of </span></span><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="color:windowtext;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">extensive reading</span></span></span><span style="color:windowtext;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> on reading comprehension and </span></span><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="color:windowtext;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">attitudes</span></span></span><span style="color:windowtext;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> of Ethiopian second cycle primary school students</span></span><em><span style="color:windowtext;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">. </span></span></em><span style="color:windowtext;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">An intervention and a control group, selected from two intact grade 8 sections, were included in each study. The intervention group was exposed to </span></span><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="color:windowtext;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">extensive reading</span></span></span><span style="color:windowtext;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> for 6 weeks and 12 weeks in the first and second study respectively. To collect data, </span>reading comprehension tests and attitude questionnaires</span> were used. The results revealed that there was no <span style="font-style:normal;">significant difference between the </span>intervention and the control group<span style="font-style:normal;"> in reading comprehension and attitudes toward reading when the time was restricted and only </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">reading was used in the intervention</span><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="color:windowtext;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">. </span></span></span><span style="color:windowtext;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">However, the intervention group scored significantly better than the control group in reading comprehension and attitudes toward reading when the time for reading was extended and motivating activities were included. Implications are deduced for time allocation and use of motivating activities in the implementation of an extensive reading programme in input-poor EFL settings like Ethiopia.</span></span><br>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: justify;">This research aimed at reporting two consecutive studies on the effects of extensive reading on reading comprehension and attitudes of Ethiopian second cycle primary school students<em>. </em>An intervention and a control group, selected from two intact grade 8 sections, were included in each study. The intervention group was exposed to extensive reading for 6 weeks and 12 weeks in the first and second study respectively. To collect data, reading comprehension tests and attitude questionnaires were used. The results revealed that there was no significant difference between the intervention and the control group in reading comprehension and attitudes toward reading when the time was restricted and only reading was used in the intervention. However, the intervention group scored significantly better than the control group in reading comprehension and attitudes toward reading when the time for reading was extended and motivating activities were included. Implications are deduced for time allocation and use of motivating activities in the implementation of an extensive reading programme in input-poor EFL settings like Ethiopia.<br>
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extensive reading, reading attitude, reading comprehension, second cycle primary school
extensive reading, reading attitude, reading comprehension, second cycle primary school
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http://ijreeonline.com/browse.php?a_code=A-10-105-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Abdurahman Ahmed
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Abdurahman Ahmed
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Department of English Language and Literature, Woldia University, Woldia, Ethiopia
Department of English Language and Literature, Woldia University, Woldia, Ethiopia