The readability level of English textbooks of the tenth grade and its relationship to students' gender and area of residence

العناوين الأخرى

مستوى مقروئية كتاب الصف العاشر و علاقته بالجنس و منطقة سكن الطلبة

مقدم أطروحة جامعية

Masri, Amal

مشرف أطروحة جامعية

al-Khatayibah, Majid Muhammad

أعضاء اللجنة

al-Ghazw, Manal Muhammad Hamdan
Barah, Husayn Abd al-Latif
al-Qatawinah, Khalil Shihadah

الجامعة

جامعة مؤتة

الكلية

كلية العلوم التربوية

القسم الأكاديمي

قسم المناهج و التدريس

دولة الجامعة

الأردن

الدرجة العلمية

ماجستير

تاريخ الدرجة العلمية

2006

الملخص الإنجليزي

The purpose of this study was to investigate the readability level of the tenth grade English textbook in Tafila, and to investigate the effect of the gender and Area of residence on the readability level of these books.

To achieve the purpose of the study the following questions were formulated : 1.

What is the readability level of the tenth grade English textbooks in Tafila? educational directorate.

2.

Is there a relationship between the readability levels of tenth grade English? textbook and the gender of the students.

3.

Is there a relationship between the readability levels of tenth grade English? textbook and the students Area of residence.

4.

Is there an interaction between the gender of the students and their Area of residence in the readability level of tenth grade English textbook? The sample of the study consisted of (308) males and females of tenth graders during the academic year 2006 / 2007.

The researcher used the cloze test to test the readability level of the texts.

The researcher used the descriptive statistics, namely the means, standard deviations and percentages of the students in the readability levels.

T-test was also used to test the differences in the readability level between male and female students.

One-Way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test the differences between the areas of residence of the students.

And Two-Way analysis of variance was also used to test the interaction between the gender and the area of residence.

The results of the study showed that the readability level of tenth grade English textbooks was very low which mean it is at the frustration level.

It was in the frustration level, which means that the students have difficulties in understanding the passages even with the help of the teacher.

Results also showed that there were significant differences due to the student's gender and Area of residence of the students.

Results also revealed that there were no significant statistical differences at α = 0.05 due to the interaction between the gender of the students and the region they belong to.

The study recommends that the Ministry of Education in Jordan should put plans to change the passages that the tenth grade English textbook include because they are unsuitable for the level of the students and the do not stemmed from the student's culture

التخصصات الرئيسية

العلوم التربوية

الموضوعات

عدد الصفحات

80

قائمة المحتويات

Table of contents.

Abstarct.

Chapter one : Theoretical background.

Chapter two : Review of related literature.

Chapter three : Design and methodology.

Chapter four : Findings and discussions.

Chapter five : Summary and recommendations.

References.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Masri, Amal. (2006). The readability level of English textbooks of the tenth grade and its relationship to students' gender and area of residence. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Mutah University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-304695

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Masri, Amal. The readability level of English textbooks of the tenth grade and its relationship to students' gender and area of residence. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Mutah University. (2006).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-304695

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Masri, Amal. (2006). The readability level of English textbooks of the tenth grade and its relationship to students' gender and area of residence. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Mutah University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-304695

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

نوع البيانات

رسائل جامعية

رقم السجل

BIM-304695