Effectiveness of Using the Reciprocal Questioning Request Strategy in Developing EFL Critical Reading Comprehension Skills among First Year Secondary School Students

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (100 P1) ◽  
pp. 47-82
Author(s):  
Maha Youssif Abd El-Rahman Youssif ◽  
Mervat Abou Baker El-Dib ◽  
Magdy Mohamed Amin Abed
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
School Students ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills

scholarly journals The Effects of Morphological Awareness on EFL Secondary School Students’ Reading Comprehension Skills

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Dalal Yahya Ali Al-Haydan
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Morphological Awareness ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Strong Positive Correlation ◽  
School Students ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
Reading Comprehension Skills ◽  
Experimental Group

This exploratory study examines the impacts of morphological awareness on Saudi female secondary school students’ reading comprehension skills. In particular, it examines the effects of increasing students’ morphological awareness on their reading comprehension skills. Participants included 58 Saudi female secondary school students, who were divided into an experimental group and a control group. The experimental group was taught using a morphemic analysis strategy during their reading classes, whereas the control group attended their usual reading comprehension classes. Pretests and post-tests were prepared to determine the effect of raising students’ awareness of morphological knowledge on their reading comprehension skills. The results indicated a strong positive correlation between the students’ morphological awareness and the improvement of their reading comprehension skills in the post-test. The study, therefore, confirms that the direct instruction of prefixes, suffixes and base words is useful and should be emphasised when teaching because it significantly increases students’ morphological awareness.

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