The Correlation of Reading Comprehension Ability of Persian and English Languages in Iranian EFL Learners
Journal Title: International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
The present study aimed to investigate the relation between Iranian EFL students’ reading comprehension abilities of Persian which is supposed as their mother language (L1) and English as a target language (TL). In this regard, 109 Iranian students of some private school with the proficiency levels of intermediate are constituted in the study. Two types of standardized reading comprehension tests in both Persian and English languages were distributed to the participants without having any treatment. The analysis was done based on the students’ scores in the tests and the results showed that there is no significant correlation between their Persian and English comprehension abilities.
Authors and Affiliations
Masoumeh Abdollahi, Davood Madani (ph. D)
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