The effect of using the flipped learning strategy on developing university students’ reading comprehension in EFL and their attitudes towards the strategy

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The current study aimed at investigating the effect of using the flipped learning strategy on developing university students’ reading comprehension in EFL.

The study also sought to reveal students’ attitudes towards the use of the flipped learning strategy.The sample of the study comprised 72 students enrolled in 101 English Communication Skills course at the World Islamic Sciences and Education University in Amman.

The students were assigned to two groups, experimental and control.

The tools of the study included a pre-post reading comprehension test and a scale to measure students’ attitudes towards the flipped learning strategy.

The results of the study showed that the flipped classroom strategy had a positive effect on developing university students’ reading comprehension in EFL.

The results indicated that there was a statistical difference at (α=0.05) between the two groups (control and experimental) in the post-reading comprehension test in favor of the experimental group.

Furthermore, the results revealed that students of the experimental group showed positive attitudes towards the use of the flipped learning strategy.