scholarly journals Effects of Storytelling on Improving EFL Students’ Critical Thinking and Reading Comprehension

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-47
Author(s):  
Javed Sahibzada ◽  
Yar Mohammad Bahrami Ahmadzai ◽  
Azadkhan Niaz ◽  
Susan Hussein Laftah
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
T Test ◽  
Placement Test ◽  
Paired Sample ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Experimental Group

The purpose of this study is to find the effects of storytelling (ST) on improving critical thinking and reading comprehension of EFL students at Kandahar University. The design of the study was quasi-experimental with critical thinking and reading comprehension pre and posttests. Total 27 Afghan EFL students were selected based on their performance on Placement test.  The participants of experimental group listened to their teacher telling the story. In order to find the improvement and different between these variables is significant the Paired Sample T-Test was administrated and the result indicates that there is significant improvement in post-tests in areas of reading comprehension and critical thinking in group of storytelling. However, improvement is higher in reading comprehension section than critical thinking. 

scholarly journals EFFECTS OF STORY READING ON IMPROVING EFL STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION AND CRITICAL THINKING

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
T Test ◽  
Placement Test ◽  
Story Reading ◽  
Paired Sample ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Efl Students

The purpose of this study is to find out the effects of story Reading on improving Reading comprehension and critical thinking of EFL students at Kandahar University. The design of the study was quasi-experimental with reading comprehension and critical thinking pre and Post-tests. Total 27 Afghan EFL students were selected based on their performance on Placement test. The participants’ experimental groups listened to their teacher reading a story aloud. In order to find the improvement and different between these variables is significant the Paired Sample T-Test was administrated and the result indicates that there is significant improvement in post-tests in areas of reading comprehension and critical thinking in story Reading. However, there is more improvement in critical thinking aspect through story reading.

scholarly journals ENHANCING STUDENTS READING ABILITY THROUGH INQUIRY BASED LEARNING TO EFL STUDENTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Farnia Sari
Keyword(s):  
Reading Ability ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
T Test ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Inquiry Based Learning ◽  
Paired Sample ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Efl Students

IBT techniques is series of activities that involved maximally throughout the student's ability to search and investigate in a systematic, critical, logical, analytical, so that they can formulate their own discoveries with confidence the search of knowledge and understanding to satisfy curiosity. IBT technique is also supposed to the teachers be creative to set situations. This method used was quasi experimental design. The purposive sampling technique was used on this study. The data were collected by reading test. The collected data was analyzed by using paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test. The results showed that the students reading ability was improved and there was a significant difference between the students who were taught by using IBT and those who were not. With IBT technique encouraged students to take the initiative to have question the phenomenon, to conduct field observations, to analyze the data, and to draw conclusions. Thus, it is to integrate students and synergize various skills of language and different methods.

scholarly journals USING CHESSBOARD TECHNIQUE IN RESPONDING TO THE SHORT STORY TO DEVELOP STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-19
Author(s):  
Putu Karolina
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Paired Sample ◽  
Group Design ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Speaking Skill ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

This study aimed to answer whether using chessboard technique in responding to short story develops student’s speaking skill or not. The method used in this study was one of the quasi-experimental designs: pretest-posttest non-equivalent comparison control group design. The population of the study was the eleventh-grade student at SMA N 12Palembang and the sample were taken from the population by using purposive sampling. The data were collected by using two instruments, test and questionnaire. The test wasgiven twice to the experimental and control group, as the pretest and the posttest. Thequestionnaire was distributed to the experimental group after conducting the treatment to get more information related to the problem of the study. To verify the hypothesis, thedata from pretest and posttest on the experimental and control group were analyzed byusing paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test. The result of the study showed that applying chessboard technique in responding to the short story develops student’s speaking skills. Some students (60%) in the experimental group achieve good category compared to only a few students (20%) in control group. 

scholarly journals USING PEER ASSISTED LEARNING STRATEGY ON READING COMPREHENSION OF ANALYTICAL EXPOSITION

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
pp. 42-56
Author(s):  
Darmawan Budiyanto
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Experimental Method ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Peer Assisted Learning ◽  
Group Test ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Experimental Group

The objective of this study was to find out whether or not there was any significant difference on reading comprehension of analytical exposition that were taught by using Peer Assisted Learning strategy (PALS) and those who were not, and to find out whether or not it was effective to use PALS on reading comprehension. This study used quasi experimental method. 78 students was taken as sample, consists of 39 students XI IPS 3 as experimental group and XI IPS 4 as control group. Test was used in collecting data as pretest and posttest. To verify the hypothesis, the result of independent sample t-test found that t-obtained (11.077) was higher than t-table (1.9917) with df(=76), and the significance 2-tailed was 0.000. It means that there was any significant difference on reading comprehension that were taught by using PALS and those who were not, and also it was effective to use PALS.

scholarly journals The Effect of Peer-Collaborative Dialogue on Saudi EFL Students’ Reading Comprehension in Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghada Al-Mutrafi
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Female Students ◽  
T Test ◽  
Collaborative Dialogue ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Reading Activities ◽  
Experimental Group

This study investigated the effect of peer collaborative dialogue carried out in the text-based synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) on the reading comprehension of EFL female students. Additionally, the study elicited EFL students’ attitudes toward dyadic collaborative their discussions in SCMC during reading comprehension activities. The sample of the study comprised 36 Saudi EFL female students at Shaqra University. They were divided into two groups: an experimental group consisting of 18 students, forming nine pairs, to perform reading activities dialogically in Moodle and a control group of 18 students to perform reading activities individually in classrooms. The researcher used pre-post reading comprehension tests and a scale of SCMC-based dialogical collaborative reading attitudes. as research instruments to collect data. Data were analyzed using means and standard deviation, an independent sample t-test, a paired sample t-test, an Analysis of Variance test (ANOVA) and a one sample t-test. The findings revealed that there was a statistically significant improvement in the post-test average scores of the experimental group, which indicated the effectiveness of text-based dyadic collaborative dialogue on reading comprehension. Additionally, compared to other reading skills, making inferences skill was revealed to be the skill most affected by dyadic dialogues in SCMC. Besides, the participants exhibited positive attitudes toward their collaborative dialogues with peers in SCMC to foster their reading comprehension. Finally, pedagogical implementations and recommendations for future studies were suggested to explore the area of SCMC-based collaborative dialogue on language learning

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF CONCEPT MAPPING STRATEGY ON STUDENTS' READING COMPREHENSION AT MA ARRASYID TEMBILAHAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-100
Author(s):  
Syafrizal Syafrizal
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Concept Mapping ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Test Procedures ◽  
Paired Sample ◽  
Mapping Strategy ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Experimental Group

This study is aimed at finding out the effect of concept mapping strategy on the students’ reading comprehension. The study was done through quasi-experimental design which involved pre-test and post-test procedures. There was a try out before administering the tests. Then,the pre-test was administered before giving treatments and the post-test was administered after the treatments. The data collection techniques were tests. The population consisted of 119 students. A cluster sampling technique was used to take them as samples. The samples were divided into two groups; experimental group and control group. Then, the data were analyzed using t-test and paired sample t-test methods to find out whether there was significant difference between the experimental group taught by using concept mapping strategy as the treatment and the control group taught conventionally. The results of the research shows that the significant probabilities were higher than 0.05 (>0.05) ) in both paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test. It meant that there was significant difference on the students’ reading comprehension in the pre-test and in the post-test of the classes. There was also a significant difference on their reading comprehension before and after treatments in the experimental class. The value of eta square was 0.68 for their reading comprehension. In sum up, the the application of concept mapping gives positive effect toward the students’ reading comprehension.

Experimental Study on Strategy-Oriented Web-Based English Instruction for EFL Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (8) ◽  
pp. 1238-1257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei-Mei Chang ◽  
Mei-Chen Lin
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Reading Program ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Experimental Group

This quasi-experimental study investigated whether a strategy-oriented media-based reading program could improve English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students’ reading comprehension. Eighty-five students who were registered for English Reading at a university were recruited through convenience sampling to take part in the study. In this study, a web-based Strategy-oriented Multimedia-Assisted Reading Training (SMART) program was designed and implemented. On the basis of a literature review, four instructional strategies were selected and implemented in this program. The SMART program was used by students in the experimental group but not by students in the control group. Students in both groups were taught by the same instructor with the same instructional materials. The experiment lasted for 10 weeks, and the effects of the SMART program on students’ reading comprehension were investigated. A questionnaire on students’ attitudes toward the use of the strategies was given only to the experimental group. The results show that mean score of the reading test was significantly higher for the experimental group than for the control group. Students’ feedback about using the SMART program was positive and encouraging.

scholarly journals The effects of teaching critical thinking on students’ argumentative essay

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
A’am Rifaldi Khunaifi
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
English Education ◽  
T Test ◽  
Test Calculation ◽  
Paired Sample ◽  
Department Of State ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Sample Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental

<p>This study is directed to find out whether teaching critical thinking affects the writing ability of argumentative essay. This research employed quasi experimental design as it was intended to measure the effects of the strategy on the students’ ability in writing argumentative essay. The samples of the study were the students of class A and B enrolled in the seventh semester of the English Education Department of State Islamic College of Palangka Raya. To collect the data needed, it was used test as the instrument; it was Academic Writing for IELTS Test. The data were processed and analyzed by using SPSS 19.0 statistic technique of independent t-test and paired-sample t-test, and the analized data were concluded. From the result of the test, the independent t-test calculation in posttest scores in both groups shows that the significance value is higher than level of significance (0.194 &gt; 0.05). It indicates that there is no significant difference between experimental and control groups. Moreover, the paired t-test calculation shows the result of paired sample test (0.000 &lt; 0.05) in which there is a significant difference between pretest and posttest scores in experimental group after having treatments.</p><p><strong></strong><em><br /></em></p>

scholarly journals Using Predict-O-Gram Strategy to Improve Student’s Ability in Reading Comprehension

ELT-Lectura ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-37
Author(s):  
Ratna Nery ◽  
Nyayu Yayu Suryani
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Social Science ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Class Viii ◽  
Written Test ◽  
Experimental Group

Abstract: The objective of the study was to find out whether or not there was a significant difference in reading comprehension achievement between the students who were taught by using Predict-O-Gram Strategy and that of those who were not. The method used in this study was a quasi-experimental method. The sample of the study was 54 students, which divided into two groups, namely experimental group (class VIII.B) and a control group (class VIII.C), each of them consisted of 27 students. To collect the data the written test was used in the form of multiple-choice. Before giving the test, the test was tried out to non sample students of the eighth grade students of MTs Subulussalam Kayuagung class VIII. A in order to know whether or not the test was valid and reliable for sample not. The data obtained were analyzed by t-test and the calculation was done with SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) version 20. Based on the result of independent sample t-test, It found that there was a significant difference in reading comprehension achievement between the students who were taught by using Predict-O-Gram Strategy and that of those who were not.   Keywords: predict-o-gram strategy, reading comprehension

scholarly journals Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension Text through Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI)

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-38
Author(s):  
Dody Sugiarto ◽  
Indrawati Indrawati ◽  
Rica Meygita
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Paired Sample ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

The aim of this research is to know the implementation of Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) in improving students’ reading comprehension of analytical exposition text and to find out whether there is a significant difference between students who were taught by using CORI and those who were not. This research used quantitative approach with experimental research which was conducted at an Islamic High School in Kemuja, Bangka Belitung Province. The researcher used purposive sampling technique and two classes were taken as the sample. The result of the test was analyzed by using statistical analysis of paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test. The result showed that the students who learned by using CORI got higher score than those who did not. It could be seen from the result of independent sample t-test of students’ post-test between experimental group and control group, the t-obtained in equal variences assumed was 2.385, and the significant (2-tailed) was 0.023. Since t-obtained was higher than t-table (2.385 > 2.036) and the significant (2-tailed) was lower than computation with level significant (0.023  < 0.05). Based on the fact above, it could be concluded that CORI significantly improved the students’ reading comprehension.

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