Developing EFL Students’ Reading Comprehension skills through Using Transactional Literature Circles | ||||
مجلة کلية التربية بالمنصورة | ||||
Article 20, Volume 112, Issue 5, October 2020, Page 100-123 PDF (918.67 K) | ||||
Document Type: مقالات أدبیة وتربویة | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/maed.2020.199401 | ||||
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Author | ||||
هند Ù…Øمود ابراهيم ابراهيم* | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Abstract The present research aimed at developing the EFL Reading comprehension skills of secondary school students through using Transactional Literature Circles. It adopted a quasi -experimental design employing two groups; experimental and control. Participants were 80 first year female students enrolled at Dikirnis Secondary School for Girls, Dakahliya Governorate. Instruments included a Reading Comprehension Skills Checklist (RCSC) and a Reading Comprehension Skills Test (RCST). The results revealed that there was a statistically significant difference between the mean score of the experimental and control groups on the post (RCS test) in favor of the experimental group. Further, the experimental group students performed better in most of the reading comprehension skills on the post test. These results generally validate the effectiveness of transactional literature circles in developing the experimental group pupils’ reading comprehension skills. finally it was recommended that transactional literature circle strategy is effective in developing students' reading comprehension skills. groups (N=70). The program lasted for 6 weeks (2 sessions per week, 45 min | ||||
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Developing EFL Students’ Reading Comprehension skills through Using Transactional Literature Circles | ||||
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