The Impact of Reading Comprehension Strategies on the Iranian Language Teaching Sophomores' Reading Comprehension Ability

This study investigates the impact of three sorts of reading comprehension strategies on the Iranian language teaching sophomores' reading comprehension ability. In phase one the participants were divided into three groups. Each group was taught differently according to each one of the strategies. Afterwards, they were given a final test. The results were analyzed through the one way ANOVA along with the post hoc analysis. According to the observed F it was unraveled that reflective strategies helped the subjects in reading comprehension more than the other two. In phase two the subjects were divided into six subgroups-three ۳۰ male groups and three ۳۰ female groups. Comprehension was assessed by reading comprehension questions (۱۰ items) and a twenty-item M/C test for each test. The results unraveled that reflective reading strategies was the most effective in this respect. On the other hand, it was also proved that female learners did a better job than the male ones while using the reflective strategies. Accordingly, the educational practitioners and teachers are considerably recommended to take this issue into consideration which may count as the ultimate objective of EFL reading instruction

کلیدواژه ها:

“Analysis of Variance ، “M/C Test” ، “Post Hoc Analyses” ، “Sophomore