The Role of Gender in Reading Comprehension of Short Stories Taught Through Awareness-Raising
The present study examines the role of gender in reading comprehension of short stories taught through awareness-raising among Iranian EFL learners. In so doing, twelve male and eighteen female learners with lower intermediate English proficiency were selected as the research sample. Next, they were...
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| author | Farzad Qanbarnejad Sedigheh Vahdat |
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| description | The present study examines the role of gender in reading comprehension of short stories taught through awareness-raising among Iranian EFL learners. In so doing, twelve male and eighteen female learners with lower intermediate English proficiency were selected as the research sample. Next, they were randomly divided into two fifteen-member groups (i.e., a control group and an experimental group). The control group followed the conventional methods and the experimental group was taught the same short stories using awareness-raising activities. Consequently, an independent sample t-test was run. The obtained results indicate the experimental group demonstrates a better performance than the control one. According to the means, the female learners in both groups outperformed the male ones. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3d4a47ec07734288bff59a16d93e1fc42023-02-17T06:08:35ZengUniversity of Sistan and BaluchestanIranian Journal of Applied Language Studies2008-54942322-36502017-10-019Proceedings of the First International Conference on Language Focus14916210.22111/ijals.2017.42284228The Role of Gender in Reading Comprehension of Short Stories Taught Through Awareness-RaisingFarzad Qanbarnejad0Sedigheh Vahdat1Shahid Chamran University of AhvazShahid Chamran University of AhvazThe present study examines the role of gender in reading comprehension of short stories taught through awareness-raising among Iranian EFL learners. In so doing, twelve male and eighteen female learners with lower intermediate English proficiency were selected as the research sample. Next, they were randomly divided into two fifteen-member groups (i.e., a control group and an experimental group). The control group followed the conventional methods and the experimental group was taught the same short stories using awareness-raising activities. Consequently, an independent sample t-test was run. The obtained results indicate the experimental group demonstrates a better performance than the control one. According to the means, the female learners in both groups outperformed the male ones.https://ijals.usb.ac.ir/article_4228_9fb899a2f9e757a503178273777a7d17.pdfgendershort storiesawareness-raisingreading comprehensionefl learners |
| spellingShingle | Farzad Qanbarnejad Sedigheh Vahdat The Role of Gender in Reading Comprehension of Short Stories Taught Through Awareness-Raising Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies gender short stories awareness-raising reading comprehension efl learners |
| title | The Role of Gender in Reading Comprehension of Short Stories Taught Through Awareness-Raising |
| title_full | The Role of Gender in Reading Comprehension of Short Stories Taught Through Awareness-Raising |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Gender in Reading Comprehension of Short Stories Taught Through Awareness-Raising |
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| title_short | The Role of Gender in Reading Comprehension of Short Stories Taught Through Awareness-Raising |
| title_sort | role of gender in reading comprehension of short stories taught through awareness raising |
| topic | gender short stories awareness-raising reading comprehension efl learners |
| url | https://ijals.usb.ac.ir/article_4228_9fb899a2f9e757a503178273777a7d17.pdf |
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