Morphological Awareness as a Potential Catalyst for Jordanian EFL Students' Reading Comprehension
Journal Title: Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature - Year 2018, Vol 42, Issue 2
Abstract
This study examines the potential effect of morphological awareness on Jordanian EFL tenth-grade students' reading comprehension. Two intact sections of 73 Jordanian tenth-grade students were purposefully selected from a secondary school in Ramtha Directorate of Education (Ramtha, Jordan) during the first semester of the academic year 2017/2018. The experimental group (n=37) was taught using a morphological awareness-based protocol whereas the control group (n= 36) was taught conventionally per the guidelines of the Ministry-prescribed Teacher Book of Action Pack 10. For data collection, a reading comprehension pre/post- test was used. The findings reveal a statistically significant improvement in the experimental group students’ reading comprehension which may be attributed to morphological awareness-based instruction.
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Ruba Fahmi Bataineh, Qasem Mahmood Al-Kofeiri
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- EP ID EP408974
- DOI 10.17951/lsmll.2018.42.2.66-80
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