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The effectiveness of a strategy based on action research in developing English reading comprehension skills of workers’ university students

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Type Article
Author Sadaka, Elsayed Ahmed Mohammad. English Language, Workers' University.
Pages pp. 45-66
Host Item Entry Journal of Research in Curriculum, Instruction and Educational Technology. Vol. 5, no. 4, October 2019
Electronic Location Full text (PDF)  PDF
Descriptors Learning strategies  -  Action research  -  English  -  Reading  -  Modern language instruction  -  Language skills  -  Comprehension  -  University students  -  Working students
Language of document English
Country Egypt
This pre-post experimental study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of a strategy based on Action Research in developing English reading comprehension skills of Workers’ University students, Kafr ElSheikh branch. The participants consisted of 70 students chosen from 1st year Workers' University students, department of industrial affairs in the first semester 2018 – 2019. The researcher used the following instruments: a reading comprehension skills checklist, and a pre-posttest on reading comprehension skills. The results revealed that there are statistically significant differences at (0.05) between the mean scores of the experimental group students and those of the control group students in the post-test in English reading comprehension skills in favor of the experimental group. Furthermore, the results pointed out that there are statistically significant differences at (0.05) between the mean scores of the experimental group students in the pre and post-test of some English reading comprehension skills in favor of the post-test. (Published abstract)

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Sadaka, Elsayed Ahmed Mohammad. (2019). The effectiveness of a strategy based on action research in developing English reading comprehension skills of workers’ university students . Journal of Research in Curriculum, Instruction and Educational Technology. Vol. 5, no. 4, October 2019. pp. 45-66 Retrieved from search.shamaa.org