The Role of Gender in Reading Comprehension of Short Stories Taught Through Awareness-Raising

	The Role of Gender in Reading Comprehension of Short Stories Taught Through Awareness-Raising
Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies
مقاله 11، دوره 9، Proceedings of the First International Conference on Language Focus، دی 2017، صفحه 149-162 اصل مقاله (114.3 K)
نوع مقاله: Research Paper
شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22111/ijals.2017.4228
نویسندگان
Farzad Qanbarnejad؛ Sedigheh Vahdat
Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
چکیده
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.
کلیدواژه‌ها
Gender؛ Short Stories؛ Awareness-Raising؛ Reading Comprehension؛ EFL Learners

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