THE INFLUENCE OF TEACHING EXPLICIT READING STRATEGIES ON IRANIAN EFL LEARNERS' READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY

THIS STUDY AIMED AT INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF TEACHING EXPLICIT READING STRATEGIES ON IRANIAN EFL LEARNERS' READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY. TO THIS END, 80 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE STUDY. FORTY STUDENTS WERE PUT IN THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP AND FORTY STUDENTS WERE IN THE CONTROL GROUP. IN ORDER TO COLLECT THE DATA, THE RESEARCHER UTILIZED A TEST AND A QUESTIONNAIRE. STUDENTS WERE REQUIRED TO FILL IN THE QUESTIONNAIRE BEFORE ADMINISTERING THE PRE-TEST IN ORDER TO CHECK THEIR READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY. HAVING RECEIVED THE EXPLICIT READING STRATEGIES INSTRUCTION, THE STUDENTS IN THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP WERE ASKED TO FILL IN THE POST QUESTIONNAIRE. HOWEVER, BOTH GROUPS WERE GIVEN POST-TEST TO COMPARE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS. THE RESULTS SHOWED THAT STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED EXPLICIT READING STRATEGIES INSTRUCTION OUTPERFORMED THEIR COUNTERPARTS WHO DID NOT RECEIVE SUCH INSTRUCTION. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE STUDY WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE END OF THIS STUDY.