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The effect of the EFL learners' background knowledge on their performance in reading comprehension tests
Other Title(s)
أثر الخلفية الثقافية للقارئ على أدائه في اختبارات القراءة الاستيعابية
Joint Authors
Batayinah, Ahmad Musa
al-Darwish, Abd al-Jabbar Ali
Source
Damascus University Journal for Educational and Psychological Sciences
Issue
Vol. 29, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.53-79, 27 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2013-12-31
Country of Publication
Syria
No. of Pages
27
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This study aims at measuring the amount of the effect of the readers' background knowledge on their performance in reading comprehension tests through the assessment of information gain in reading comprehension (RC) tests.
This study involves the examinees in two types of tasks, i.e., prereading task and post-reading task.
The researcher hypothesizes that there are no statistically significant differences between the pre-reading and post-reading performances of examinees on RC tests.
The population of the study includes 467 students of English language and translation at Al-Isra University.
(154of them are majoring n English language and translation during in the summer semester of the academic year 2008- 2009 The sample of the study consists of 70 students who were registered for two reading courses.
To verify the validity of the research hypothesis, a number of statistical procedures were used such as arithmetical mean, t-test for tho control and experimental groups to analyze the performance of the examnees on two reading passages taken from TOFEL practice tests (2007).
The analysis of the data has shown the following results: 1.
The background knowledge has an effect on the performance on RC tests.
2.
There is a significant difference in students' performance on the prereading and post-reading tasks in favor of the latter.
3.
The effect of background knowledge is inevitable on RC tests, but it can be identified or neutralized.
Based on these conclusions, a number of recommendations were suesgesteel .
American Psychological Association (APA)
Batayinah, Ahmad Musa& al-Darwish, Abd al-Jabbar Ali. 2013. The effect of the EFL learners' background knowledge on their performance in reading comprehension tests. Damascus University Journal for Educational and Psychological Sciences،Vol. 29, no. 2, pp.53-79.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1021066
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Batayinah, Ahmad Musa& al-Darwish, Abd al-Jabbar Ali. The effect of the EFL learners' background knowledge on their performance in reading comprehension tests. Damascus University Journal for Educational and Psychological Sciences Vol. 29, no. 2 (2013), pp.53-79.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1021066
American Medical Association (AMA)
Batayinah, Ahmad Musa& al-Darwish, Abd al-Jabbar Ali. The effect of the EFL learners' background knowledge on their performance in reading comprehension tests. Damascus University Journal for Educational and Psychological Sciences. 2013. Vol. 29, no. 2, pp.53-79.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1021066
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
يتضمن مراجع ببليوجرافية : ص. 78-79
Record ID
BIM-1021066