Investigeting the effect of resourcing and inferencing on improving pupils' reading comprehension
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2016
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university of Oum El Bouaghi
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Reading is considered as a complex process. It invokes both the second language readers' language and cognitive abilities. The main goal of reading is the ability to extract meaning from the text. Yet, many students struggle with comprehending what they read. In this regard, the present study aims at investigating the effect of using two reading strategies, namely, inferencing and resourcing on improving pupils' reading comprehension. On these bases, we hypothesized that using resourcing and inferencing in class would improve pupils' reading comprehension. To fulfill the purpose of the study and to check the validity of the hypotheses and answer the research question an experimental design was adopted. The experiment ran through four treatment sessions preceded and followed, respectively, by a pre-test and a post-test. Forty-four (44) Berkani Ali middle school pupils, aged between 14 and 16, were selected from a total of 106 pupils and were divided into two groups to represent sample. The participants in the experimental group were exposed to inferencing and resourcing while the control group was not. The Independent Samples t Test and the paired t test were used to analyze the collected data statistically. The results obtained from the experiment confirmed the hypothesis and showed that the use of inferencing and resourcing while reading brought about positive outcomes in terms of learners' reading comprehension. Based on the results obtained, some pedagogical implications have been proposed.
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Langue (anglais) : enseignement : lecture