The Effect of Teaching Critical Reading Strategies on Making Advanced Iranian EFL Learners the Critical Readers

Meraj TALEBI; Maryam TALEBI

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The Effect of Teaching Critical Reading Strategies on Making Advanced Iranian EFL Learners the Critical Readers

Authors:

Meraj TALEBI | Maryam TALEBI

Publisher:

Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi

Journal:

Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi 2015 Vol.36 Issue 3, pp.1179-1189

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2015

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000921435

Frequency:

Quarterly

eISSN:

2587-246X

pISSN:

2587-2680

Abstract:

 


Abstract. The focus of this study was to investigate whether teaching critical reading strategies had any significant effect on making advanced Iranian EFL learners the critical readers. To fulfil the purpose, 96 language learners from Mehr Mahan Gostar English institute in Sari were invited to participate in a paper-based TOEFL test. Lastly, 48 of them whom regarded as a homogenous sample of advanced EFL learners were selected to participate in the study.  The instrument employed in the study included five critical reading comprehension texts selected from Critical Reading Workbook for the SAT (2006) by Green and Weiner and one supplementary material from Cambridge IELTS7. After the pretest had been administered, advanced EFL learners had 8 sessions of explicit teaching and practicing the critical reading strategies such as annotating, questioning, summarizing, and inferencing. Then, they had their posttest and finally the mean scores of critical reading pre and post-tests were compared through Paired samples t-test which led to the rejection of the null hypothesis. Thus, teaching critical reading strategies proved to have a significant effect on making advanced Iranian EFL learners the critical learners.

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Article Details

The Effect of Teaching Critical Reading Strategies on Making Advanced Iranian EFL Learners the Critical Readers

Authors: Meraj TALEBI | Maryam TALEBI

Publisher: Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi

Journal: Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi 2015 Vol.36 Issue 3, pp.1179-1189

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 5/2015

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2000921435

Frequency: Quarterly

eISSN: 2587-246X

pISSN: 2587-2680

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Authors:

Meraj TALEBI | Maryam TALEBI

Publisher:

Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi

Journal:

Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi Fen Bilimleri Dergisi 2015 Vol.36 Issue 3, pp.1179-1189

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2015

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000921435

Frequency:

Quarterly

eISSN:

2587-246X

pISSN:

2587-2680