scholarly journals Examining Multiple Sources of Influence on the Reading Comprehension Skills of Children Who Use Cochlear Implants

2004 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol McDonald Connor ◽  
Teresa A. Zwolan
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Cochlear Implants ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Total Effect ◽  
Reading Outcomes ◽  
Multiple Factors ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills ◽  
Positive Effect

Children with profound deafness are at risk for serious reading difficulties. Multiple factors affect their development of reading skills, including use of cochlear implants. Further, multiple factors influence the overall success that children experience with their cochlear implants. These factors include the age at which they receive an implant, method of communication, vocabulary skills, preoperative residual hearing, and socioeconomic status. Ninety-one children with prelingual and profound hearing impairments who received cochlear implants at varying ages participated in the study. Structural equation modeling confirmed that multiple factors affected young cochlear implant users' reading comprehension skills and that there were significant associations between the predictors of reading comprehension. Pre-implant vocabulary had an indirect positive effect on reading through postimplant vocabulary, which had a direct positive effect on reading. Overall, children with stronger language skills demonstrated stronger reading outcomes. Age at implantation both directly and indirectly, through postimplant vocabulary, affected reading outcomes, and the total effect was large. Children who were younger when they received their implants tended to have higher reading comprehension scores. Socioeconomic status negatively affected reading. Children who used total communication prior to implantation tended to have stronger pre-implant vocabulary scores, but the total effect of pre-implant communication method on children's reading skills was negligible. Research and educational implications are discussed.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF USING POSSE STRATEGY IN TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT COMPREHENSION READING SKILLS AMONGST SIXTH GRADERS

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-141
Author(s):  
Tareq Mohamad Alyatim ◽  
Wail Muin (Al-Haj sa'id) Ismail ◽  
Muhammad Azhar bin Zailani ◽  
Ala Muhammad Al Saadi
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Sixth Graders ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Sixth Grade Students ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills ◽  
Positive Effect

Purpose of the study: This study aims to measure the effectiveness of using P.O.S.S.E strategy in the development of teaching to improve reading comprehension skills for sixth-grade students. Methodology: The procedure used is an experimental method based on Stratified Sampling which consists of 43 students divided into two groups – a control group of 21 students and an experimental group of 22 students- and a lesson plan was designed as a tool. Main Findings: The outcomes of the study indicated that the POSSE strategy has a positive effect on the development of reading comprehension skills over its five levels among the representative sample of sixth graders. Applications of this study: It is an essential reference in the development of teaching and training teachers to adapt to the P.O.S.S.E strategy for teachers, student educators. Novelty/Originality of this study: The result of this study is consistent with previous studies, which investigated the efficacy of POSSE strategy on the development of reading comprehension skills.

PENINGKATAN KETERAMPILAN MEMBACA PEMAHAMAN BERBASIS PENDEKATAN ACCELERATED LEARNING DI KELAS V SD NEGERI 011 AIR EMAS KECAMATAN SINGINGI

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 652
Author(s):  
Tati Nurhayati
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Accelerated Learning ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Class V ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Adequate Understanding ◽  
Value Range ◽  
Reading Activity ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills

Reading comprehension is a reading activity that aims to obtain adequate understanding and interpretation of the meanings contained in written symbols. the reading process is divided into three stages, such as pre-reading, reading, and post-reading. But the reality is that many of the students still experience difficulties in reading comprehension learning. Therefore, researchers applied an Accelerated Learning approach to improve students' reading comprehension skills. The results showed, the assessment of the process of reading students' skills for each assessment indicator was in the value range of 78.35% to 87.35% which was included in the good and very good category. While the results of the assessment of the overall reading skills process were 82.32% with a very good category. Based on the results of the study it can be concluded that learning based on the accelerated learning approach can enhance reading comprehension skills of students in class V of the Primary school of 011 Air Emas, Singingi District.

scholarly journals Reading Strategies, Reading Comprehension, and Translation

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
Gabriella Kovács
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Border Crossings ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Intercultural Mediators ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills

AbstractTranslators and language teachers are cultural and intercultural mediators, facilitators of intercultural transfers and border crossings between cultures. The abilities to understand, interpret, and produce written texts appropriately play an essential role in these professions. In the process of translation, source-language texts have to be understood and translated using the most appropriate target-language equivalents. Reading skills and awareness of reading strategies are equally essential for language teachers, who are expected to guide language learners in developing these skills. In this study, we intend to examine the reading habits and reading strategies used by a group of Hungarian translator and teacher trainees when dealing with texts written in English. Their reading comprehension performance will be assessed with a test and compared with their ability to translate English texts into Hungarian. Based on the literature and our personal experience in language teaching, teacher training, and translator training, we assume that students preparing for the above mentioned professions have a well-developed reading strategy awareness and that their reading comprehension skills in English strongly influence the ability to translate texts into their native language.

scholarly journals The Contributions of Language Skills and Comprehension Monitoring to Chinese Reading Comprehension: A Longitudinal Investigation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aiping Zhao ◽  
Ying Guo ◽  
Shuyan Sun ◽  
Mark H. C. Lai ◽  
Allison Breit ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Orthographic Knowledge ◽  
Comprehension Monitoring ◽  
Chinese Reading ◽  
Syntactic Knowledge ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Grade 3 ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills

This study examined how vocabulary, syntactic knowledge, and orthographic knowledge are related to comprehension monitoring and whether comprehension monitoring mediates the relations between these language skills and reading comprehension. Eighty-nine Chinese children were assessed on their vocabulary, syntactic knowledge, orthographic knowledge, and comprehension monitoring in Grade 1. Their reading comprehension skills were assessed in Grade 1 and Grade 3. Results showed that in Grade 1, comprehension monitoring mediated the relations between vocabulary and syntactic knowledge and reading comprehension. For Grade 3 reading comprehension, syntactic knowledge in Grade 1 was the only significant predictor. These findings indicate that multiple language skills make direct and indirect contributions via comprehension monitoring to Chinese reading comprehension, and the relations would change as children’s reading skills develop.

scholarly journals Korelasi Keterampilan Membaca Pemahaman Teks Deskripsi dengan Keterampilan Menulis Teks Deskripsi Siswa Kelas VII SMP Negeri 1 Bonjol

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-92
Author(s):  
Dina Zahara ◽  
Afnita Afnita
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
T Test ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Seventh Grade ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills ◽  
Text Writing

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the reading comprehension skills of the descriptive text and the writing skills of the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Bonjol. This research used quantitative research using a descriptive correlational design. In this study, there were two variables, namely the X variable and the Y variable. The X variable was the reading comprehension skill, while the Y variable was the description text writing skill. The research instruments were objective tests and performance tests. The data of this study are the results of the reading comprehension skills test and the results of the descriptive text writing skills test. The test results were compared using the t-test formula to determine the correlation between the reading comprehension skills and the descriptive text writing skills of the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Bonjol. There are three results in this study. First, the reading skills of grade VII students of SMP Negeri 1 Bonjol are in good qualifications with an average score of 81.65. Second, the writing skills of the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Bonjol are in good qualifications with an average score of 78.58. Third, based on the results of the t-test, it can be concluded that there is a relationship between comprehension reading skills and the descriptive text writing skills of seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Bonjol.

scholarly journals KORELASI KETERAMPILAN MEMBACA PEMAHAMAN DENGAN KETERAMPILAN MENULIS TEKS BERITA SISWA KELAS VIII SMP NEGERI 8 PADANG

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Desi Tiara Putri ◽  
Irfani Basri
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
News Writing ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study is to describe the following matters. First, it describes the reading skills of students in class VIII of SMP Negeri 8 Padang. Second, describe the news writing skills of VIII students of SMP Negeri 8 Padang. Third, it describes the correlation between reading comprehension skills and news writing skills of eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 8 Padang. This type of research is quantitative research with descriptive methods. The results of this study are three. First, reading comprehension skills of eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 8 Padang are in good qualifications. This was concluded based on an average count of 81.13. Second, the writing skills of news texts for eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 8 Padang are in good qualifications. This can be seen from the acquisition of the average news text writing test count of 81.25. Third, there is a significant correlation between reading comprehension skills and news writing skills of VIII grade students of SMP Negeri 8 Padang at n-1 degrees of freedom and a significant level of 95%.  The null hypothesis is rejected and the work hypothesis is accepted because the test result prove the t value is greater than t table 3.81 > 1.68. Based on the result of the study above, it was concluded about the knowledge of reading skills in reading news texts of eight grade students of SMP Negeri 8 Padang.Kata Kunci: korelasi, membaca pemahaman, menulis teks berita

scholarly journals KONTRIBUSI KETERAMPILAN MEMBACA PEMAHAMAN TERHADAP KETERAMPILAN MENULIS TEKS DESKRIPSI SISWA KELAS VII SMP NEGERI 7 PADANG

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 210
Author(s):  
Khairun Nisa ◽  
Nursaid Nursaid
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Comprehension Skill ◽  
Skill Test ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Objective Tests ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills ◽  
Academic Year

ABSTRACTThis study revealed the contribution of reading comprehension skills toward writing skill related to the description texts of that made by grade VII students of SMP Negeri 7 Padang. The purpose of this study was categorized into three-part. First, to describe the writing skills of the description text of grade VII students of SMP Negeri 7 Padang. Second, to describe the reading skills of students in grade VII of SMP Negeri 7 Padang.. Third, to describe the contribution of reading comprehension skill to the writing skill of the description texts of grade VII students of SMP Negeri 7 Padang. This type of study was quantitative with descriptive methods. The design used in this study was the contribution design. The population of this study was students of class VII SMP Negeri 7 Padang in the 2018/2019 academic year about 251 students. The sample in this study was determined by proportional random sampling 15% of the population that was 40 students. The data of this study were in the form of scores on reading comprehension skill test scores and scores on writing description text skill. The data were obtained through two types of tests namely objective tests to measure the comprehension of reading skill and performance tests to measure description text writing skill. There were three results of this study. First, the description writing skill of grade VII students of SMP Negeri 7 Padang was in good qualifications (B) with an average of 76.80. Second, reading comprehension skill of grade VII students of SMP Negeri 7 Padang was in good qualifications (B) with an average of 82.50. Third, there was a contribution to reading comprehension text skill on the ability to write description texts of grade VII students of SMP Negeri 7 Padang with percentage 42, 51%. Kata kunci: Kontribusi, Keterampilan, Membaca Pemahaman, Menulis, Teks Deskripsi

Intelligence Differences and Mediation Factors: A Sequential Explanatory Study of Improvement of EFL Undergraduate Students’ Reading Comprehension Skills

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 128
Author(s):  
Suleyman Celik
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Multiple Intelligence ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Dominant Type ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills ◽  
Experimental Group

In this quasi-experimental study, quantitative findings were examined in terms of how grouping students based on their dominant type of Multiple intelligence and providing different Multiple Intelligence activities that correspond to their intelligence type effect the development of their reading skills. A control group and an experimental group were designed to compare the effectiveness of the Multiple Intelligence teaching activities and tasks on the development of reading skills. A questionnaire was administrated to the 95 undergraduate EFL junior students to identify their dominant type of intelligence at a private university in Iraq. Based on their dominant type of intelligence, different learning centers were established with different activities for each one. After a 16-week experiment period the effects of Multiple Intelligence teaching activities were measured by using pretest, progress tests, achievement exams and a posttest. The results of this study indicated that the experimental group has significantly developed their reading comprehension skills in terms of understanding and visualizing the meaning in the mind. In addition, there were considerable association between Multiple Intelligence teaching activities and students’ motivation to the classes that reinforces classroom management as well.

scholarly journals An Investigation of Factors Related to Change in Attitude toward Reading

1972 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 266-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Glennon Rowell
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Word Identification ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Basic Word ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills ◽  
Experimental Group

This article describes a study conducted to determine the relationship between change in attitude toward reading and (1) achievement in the basic word identification, vocabulary, and reading comprehension skills, (2) sex, (3) socioeconomic status, and (4) age. While the students in the experimental group made significantly greater gains than the students in the control group in both change in attitude toward reading and achievement in most of the skills tested, statistically significant relationships were found in only four areas. These were between change in attitude toward reading and achievement in (1) recognition of words in isolation, (2) level of comprehension, (3) recognition of letter sounds, and (4) syllabication. No significant relationships were found between change in attitude toward reading and sex, socioeconomic status, and age of the students in the study.

scholarly journals Enhancing Reading Skills for Saudi Secondary School Students through Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL): An Experimental Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammed Salim Keezhatta ◽  
Abdulfattah Omar
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Mobile Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills ◽  
Experimental Group

This study addresses the issue of integrating mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) systems into L2 reading instruction in the Saudi secondary schools in order to improve the reading comprehension skills of struggling EFL students. The focus is to find out whether students’ language performance is accelerated by using MALL together with teacher instruction versus conventional instruction alone. In order to assess the effectiveness of MALL systems and activities in improving reading comprehension skills in EFL contexts, an experimental study was carried out where 120 participants of grade ten students in four public secondary school of Riyadh District in Saudi Arabia were randomly divided into two groups: experiment and control. Reading skills of the participants’ were measured by pre-test and post-test by a panel of three national experts. The comparison between the experimental group and the control group pinpoint that MALL materials and systems improve reading comprehension skill among EFL students. The findings indicate clearly that there was a significant difference between MALL users and nonusers in favour of the experimental group (p < .05). It can be then generalized that MALL systems and applications in general provide a motivating learning environment for teaching reading which has its positive implications on improving the reading skills of students.

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