Translanguaging to enhance reading comprehension among first-year medical students

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vimbai Mbirimi-Hungwe
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
Control Group ◽  
First Year ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
Multilingual Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Multilingual Learning ◽  
First Year Medical Students ◽  
Experimental Group

Abstract Since the turn of the century there has been an increase in the use of translanguaging in multilingual learning contexts. Many researchers have shown how translanguaging enhances multilingual students’ ability to understand academic content. This experimental study provides empirical evidence that translanguaging can enhance reading comprehension. An experimental group and a control group were used to establish whether there was a significant difference between the performances of the two groups after reading an academic text. Using the t-test analysis, the results show a significant difference in the performance of the control group and the experimental group. These findings prompt us to conclude that translanguaging is an effective strategy that enhances reading comprehension.

scholarly journals أثر استراتيجيات ما وراء المعرفة في تحسين مستوى الاستيعاب القرائي لدى الطلبة الماليزيين الناطقين بغير العربية / The influence of Meta cognitive strategies on improving reading comprehension among non-Arabic speaking Malaysian students

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Rosilawati Binti Ramlan ◽  
Nail Al-Shar‘ah
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Control Group ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Arabic Speaking ◽  
Malaysian Students ◽  
Experimental Group

ملخص البحث: هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى استقصاء أثر استخدام بعض استراتيجيات ما وراء المعرفة في تحسين الاستيعاب القرائي بالمستوى الحرفي والاستنتاجي والتطبيقي لدى الطلبة الناطقين بغير العربية في المرحلة الجامعية بماليزيا. واستخدم الباحثان المنهج شبه التجريبي لمناسبته لطبيعة الدراسة وظروفها، وقد تكونت عينة الدراسة من (52) طالباً وطالبة من طلبة السنة الأولى بجامعة العلوم الإسلامية الماليزية، وتم اختيارهم بالطريقة القصدية، وتوزيعهم عشوائياً على مجموعتين إحداهما تجريبية، وتضم (26) طالباً وطالبة، وأخرى ضابطة، وتضم (26) طالباً وطالبة؛ حيث طبق على طلبة المجموعة التجريبية تدريس مادة اللغة العربية باستراتيجيات ما وراء المعرفة والمجموعة الضابطة بالطريقة الاعتيادية. ولتحقيق هدف الدراسة قام الباحثان بتصميم دليل المعلم وورقات العمل للطلبة وفق استراتيجيات ما وراء المعرفة، واستخدمت اختبارا لقياس الاستيعاب القرائي بالمستوى الحرفي والاستنتاجي والتطبيقي. وأظهرت النتائج وجود فرق ذي دلالة إحصائية عند مستوى الدلالة (α=0.05) في المستويين: الحرفي والتفسري يعزى إلى أثر استراتيجية التدريس لصالح المجموعة التجريبية. الكلمات المفتاحية: استراتيجيات ما وراء المعرفة-الاستيعاب القرائي - استراتيجيات القراءة - تعليم القراءة - الطلبة. Abstract: This study aims to trace the influence of using some meta cognitive strategies in improving reading comprehension on the conclusion and application levels among non-Arabic speaking students in Malaysian universities. The researchers made use of quasi-experimental method to suit with the nature of the study. The sample consist of 52 students from first year students of The Islamic Sciences University Malaysia selected purposefully for the objective. They were divided into two groups: 26 students for the experimental group and the other 26 for the control group. The former was exposed to teaching with meta cognitive strategies while the latter was taught ordinarily. The researchers had designed a teaching manual and assignment papers according to the meta cognitive strategies. An examination was deployed to measure the reading comprehension on the literal, conclusion and application levels. The results showed significant difference of α=0.05 in two levels: literal and interpretation that correlates with the meta-cognitive strategies applied on the experimental group.   Keywords: Meta cognitive strategies- Reading comprehension – Reading strategies – Teaching reading skills – students.   Abstrak: Kajian ini ertujuan untuk mengesan kesan penggunaan strategi meta kognitif dalam menambah baik kefahaman membaca pada tahap membuat kesimpulan dan applikasi kefahaman dalam kalangan pelajar bukan Arab di universiti-universiti Malaysia. Penyelidik menggunakan metod quasi-eksperimental untuk menyesuaikan dengan tabiat kajian. Sampel mengandungi 52 pelajar-pelajar tahun satu daripada Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia yang dipilih khusus untuk tujuan kajian. Mereka dibahagikan kepada dua kumpulan: 26 pelajar untuk kumpulan eksperimental manakala 26 lagi untuk kumpulan kawalan. Kumpulan pertama didedahkan kepada pengajaran dengan strategi meta kognitif sementara kumpulan kawalan diajar secara biasa. Satu garis panduan mengajar telah di susun beserta dengan kerja latihan mengikut kepada starategi meta kognitif. Satu penilaian telah dijalankan untuk mengukur kemahiran membaca pada tahap literal, kesimpulan dan applikasi kefahaman. Keputusan analisa menunjukkan perbezaan yang penting (α=0.05) pada dua tahap: literal dan intrepretasi yang berhubung dengan strategi Meta kognitif yang didedahkan kepada kumpulan eksperimen.   Kata kunci: Strategi meta kognitif – kefahaman membaca- strategi membaca- pengajaran kemahiran membaca – pelajar-pelajar.

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SUBTITLE VIDEO AND PICTURE SERIES ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION OF PROCEDURE TEXT AT HEALTH STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF ADIWANGSA JAMBI

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-87
Author(s):  
Resi Silvia
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Nursing Program ◽  
Control Group ◽  
First Year ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Procedure Text ◽  
Experimental Group

The current study aimed to compare between using subtitle video and picture series in teaching and learning process towards health students‘ reading comprehension. The research was carried out in 2018-2019 academic year in University of Adiwangsa Jambi, Indonesia. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample. One class was selected as sample from first year of nursing program. Totally 36 students were divided into two groups (one experimental group and one control group). Then, a pre-test of reading comprehension was administered to assess the students’ reading comprehension. The students of experimental group used video files to improve their reading comprehension while the control group using picture of teaching reading comprehension. In the end of the meeting, all the students were assigned multiple-choice reading comprehension post-test and fulfilled some questionnaires to measure their reading motivation. In order to test the significance between the groups, the independent samples t -test was used. The results of the research showed a significant difference between the students who were learned by using video that was more successful than the students who were learned by using picture. Based on the findings, it indicated that video materials had significant effect on promoting health students’ reading comprehension.

THE EFFECT OF USING NOTING INTERACTING SUMMARIZING AND PRIORITIZING STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN READING COMPREHENSION

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maruh Sianturi And Berlin Sibarani
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Null Hypothesis ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Control Group ◽  
First Year ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Experimental Group

This study was aimed at finding out the effect of using Noting, Interacting, Summarizing, and Prioritizing Strategy on Students’ Achievement in Reading Comprehension. This study was designed with the experimental design. The population of this study was the first year students at academic 2013/2012 of SMA swasta YP St. Paulus Martubung, Medan. There were fourty students taken as the sample of the research. The sample was divided into two groups: the first group (20 students) as the experimental group and the second group (20 students) as the control group. The experimental group was taught by Using Noting, Interacting, Summarizing, and Prioritizing Strategy, while the control group was taught by using conventional method. The instrument for collecting the data was multiple choices which consisted of 40 items. To obtain the reliability of the test, the researcher used Kuder -Richardson (KR-21) formula. The calculation showed that the reliability of the test was 0.75. The data were calculated by using t-test formula. The result of the analysis shows that t-observed (4.98) was higher than t-table (2.025) at the level of significance (α) 0.05 and the degree of freedom (df) 38. Therefore, the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected and alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. It meant that teaching reading comprehension by using Noting, Interacting, Summarizing, and Prioritizing Strategy significantly affects reading comprehension.

scholarly journals Scrambled Cloze Procedure: Does It Influence EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension and Writing Performance?

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 815
Author(s):  
Jahanbakhsh Nikoopour ◽  
Mino Bargnil
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Writing Performance ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Cloze Procedure ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

The present study investigated the effect of using scrambled cloze procedure on reading and writing among intermediate EFL learners. To fulfill the purpose of the study, 60 participants were tested on a PET test, from whom 48 homogeneous participants were selected and assigned randomly to two groups of 25 and 23, as experimental and control group. Then, both groups were given a pre-test of writing and reading comprehension. During 14 sessions, the experimental group were provided with scrambled cloze samples and tasks while practicing paragraph writing and reading, whereas the control group did not, while they were practicing paragraph writing and reading. At the end, the two groups were tested in reading comprehension and writing, based on a posttest. Two raters scored the writing samples collected from two groups in the pre and posttest. Pearson correlation was used to compute the inter-rater reliability. The results showed the experimental group outperformed the control group in paragraph writing and reading comprehension. However, it was found that gender did not make a significant difference in reading comprehension and writing performance.

scholarly journals The effect of a strategy based on the communicative approach in reading comprehension for tenth grade students in Jordan: أثر استراتيجية تستند للمنحى التواصلي في الاستيعاب القرائي لدى طالبات الصف العاشر الأساسي في الأردن

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Hammad Abdallah Al-mousah
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Continuous Approach ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Communicative Approach ◽  
Experimental Group

The study aimed to reveal the effect of a strategy based on the communicative approach in reading comprehension for tenth grade students in Jordan. To achieve the aims of the study, a test was designed to measure reading comprehension skills, and its validity and reliability were confirmed, The semi-experimental design was adopted, as the experimental group consisting of (25) students was studied according to the strategy based on the communicative approach, and the control group consisting of (25) students was studied in the usual way, The test was applied to the two groups before and after the experiment, The results of the ANCOVA analysis showed that there was a statistically significant difference at (α≤05,0) between the two groups due to the strategy based on the continuous approach in improving reading comprehension, and for the benefit of the experimental group. The study recommended employing a communicative approach in teaching the Arabic language topic, and conducting other similar studies in different educational stages and with new changes.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF HERRINGBONE TECHNIQUE ON THE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN READING COMPREHENSION ON RECOUNT TEXT

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-100
Author(s):  
Sam Roberto Andre Hasian Lumbantobing ◽  
Hilman Pardede ◽  
Herman Herman
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Experimental Group

This research is a study of improving students’ ability in reading comprehension. The aim was to find out whether the use of Herringbone technique would bring a significant difference in teaching reading comprehension through Recount text, compared with the result before the students being treated. The study was conducted in the tenth grade students of SMA N 4 Pematangsiantar. The research method used was the experimental design, where the Experimental group was the PMIA 3 class, and the PMIA 2 class as the control class. Both of the classes had 34 students in each of it. The data were obtained through pre-test, treatment and post test. The pre-test was held to know the students’ basic ability or score before treatment was given. Meanwhile, the post test was held to know the students’ achievement and significant effect after the students were taught using Herringbone technique. Finding of the research showed that both groups had a significant improvement in their reading ability after being treated and passed the KKM. The Control group, which the pre-test score was 60, made an improvement shown in their post-test score in amount of 70,44. The experimental group, the group which the researcher treated the Herringbone technique to them, had a higher improvement than the control group. The average score of pre-test in this group was about 54,41 where then being improved up to 78,97. The score of t-test (3,981) was higher than t-table (1,668) at the level of significance 5% for two tailed test, so Null Hypothesis is rejected and Alternative Hypothesis is accepted.

scholarly journals The Influence of Teaching Vocabulary by Using Picture

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 159
Author(s):  
Hanik Nuzulimah
Keyword(s):  
Control Group ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
And Control ◽  
Data Analysis Result ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Better Than

This paper attempts to explore whether there is significant difference of achievement in vocabulary between students taught by using pictures and those are not. The subject of this study is the first year students of SLTP Muhammadiyah Simo Susukan, Semarang where the sample contains 50 students that is divided into experimental group (with treatment) and control group (without treatment). The data is gathered from participants’ score obtained from pre test and post test. Using t test as technique of data analysis, result shows that students taught by using pictures perform better than those are not. It means that there is significant difference between the two groups. Keywords: Vocabulary Teaching; Picture

scholarly journals The effect of a strategy based on multiple intelligences in developing reading comprehension skills in Arabic language for ninth grade students: أثر استراتيجية قائمة على الذكاءات المتعددة في تنمية مهارات الاستيعاب القرائي في مبحث اللغة العربية لدى طلاب الصّف التّاسع الأساسي

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (45) ◽  
pp. 28-15
Author(s):  
Mohammad Mahmud Hwaishil ALzeidaneen Mohammad Mahmud Hwaishil ALzeidaneen
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Multiple Intelligences ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Ninth Grade Students ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills ◽  
Experimental Group

The study aimed to investigate the effect of a strategy based on multiple intelligences in developing reading comprehension skills in Arabic language for ninth grade students compared to the usual method. The sample of the study, which was chosen randomly, consisted of (75) students divided into two groups, an experimental group totaling (38) students, and a control group totaling (37) students from the ninth grade students from Abdullah II School for Excellence in the Directorate of Education in Aqaba Governorate for the academic year 2020/ 2021. To achieve the goal of the study, the researcher designed the study tools, which are: a list of reading comprehension skills, the educational program, and a test of reading comprehension skills. The results showed a statistically significant difference at the level (α = 0.05) between the two groups in favor of the experimental group that was studied using the multiple intelligences strategy. The study recommended employing a strategy based on multiple intelligences in teaching reading to primary school students.

scholarly journals The Effects of Collaborative and Non- Collaborative Approaches to Teaching Reading Strategies on Iranian efl Learners’ Reading Comprehension and Attitude toward Reading

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-73
Author(s):  
Azadeh Rajaei ◽  
Seyed Hassan Talebi ◽  
Shirin Abadikhah
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Strategy Instruction ◽  
Reading Strategy ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Reading ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Reading Strategy Instruction ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Experimental Group

In an EFL context reading is a very important skill in language learning. This study aims at finding if instruction of reading strategies in two different collaborative and non-collaborative approaches affects reading comprehension and attitude toward reading differently. Forty-five Iranian adult female EFL learners at pre-intermediate general English proficiency level in Iran Language Institute (ili) were selected and divided into three groups of 15 students. One group functioning as the control group did not receive any strategy instruction; the second group, as the first experimental group, received reading strategy instruction in collaborative groups (Collaborative Strategic Reading or csr), and the third group considered as the second experimental group received reading strategy instruction in a non-collaborative way. A reading comprehension test and a reading attitude questionnaire were given to all three groups at the beginning of the term as pretests and after the experiment as posttests. The results obtained through one-way anova indicated that though both experimental groups outperformed the control group, there was no significant difference between the two experimental groups in reading comprehension and attitude toward reading. Therefore, it is up to teachers to weigh the advantages of using the collaborative approach to teaching reading against its disadvantages.

scholarly journals On Non-English Majors’ Strategy Training in English Reading Comprehension

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Xiaoling Yang
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Strategy Training ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Reading Competence ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
English Majors ◽  
English Reading Comprehension ◽  
Experimental Group

This paper reviewed the literature of the previous research and questionnaire survey on reading strategy. Based on theories of psycholinguistics, a five-week experiment was carried out in order to probe into the effectiveness of strategy training. The experiment was designed to answer the following question: Can reading comprehension be improved by strategy training? Two groups of subjects from non-English majors participated in the experiment and questionnaire survey. Experimental group received training on reading strategies while control group didn’t. By comparing the results of the pretest and posttest of the two groups, the effectiveness of strategy training was examined. The results of data analysis indicated that both efficient and non-efficient readers use strategies to facilitate their reading and there was no significant difference between them with regard to strategy use in general, but some strategies were especially favored by the efficient readers and that reading competence could be improved by strategy training.

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