The effect of using a program based on some critical thinking strategies on developing reading reading skills of 1st year English majors at Minia faculty of education

Author

Barakat, Muna Fawzi Ahmad

Source

[Journal of the Faculty of Education]

Issue

Vol. 33, Issue 8 (31 Oct. 2017), pp.1-47, 47 p.

Publisher

Assiut University Faculty of Education

Publication Date

2017-10-31

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

47

Main Subjects

Educational Sciences

Abstract EN

The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of using a critical thinking strategies based program on developing reading skills of first year English majors at the Faculty of Education.

A pre-post control group research design was used to achieve the research objectives.

Sixty students were randomly divided into two groups: the treatment and the non treatment groups.

The treatment group students were trained in a critical thinking strategies based program to enhance their reading and skills.

The content used was based on some selected reading texts.

The non treatment group students were taught the same reading texts through the conventional method of teaching.

Tools of the study included needs assessment questionnaires to determine the sub skills of reading that were most needed by first year English majors and the difficulties they faced when studying the reading course, a training program in reading skills, a pre-post test in Reading comprehension, the English Proficiency Exam for Egypt (EPEE).

Analysis of data obtained by students (using ttest) revealed that the treatment group significantly surpassed the non treatment one in the post performance of the Reading test.

Discussion of these findings, recommendations and suggestions for further research are presented.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Barakat, Muna Fawzi Ahmad. 2017. The effect of using a program based on some critical thinking strategies on developing reading reading skills of 1st year English majors at Minia faculty of education. [Journal of the Faculty of Education]،Vol. 33, no. 8, pp.1-47.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-866368

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Barakat, Muna Fawzi Ahmad. The effect of using a program based on some critical thinking strategies on developing reading reading skills of 1st year English majors at Minia faculty of education. [Journal of the Faculty of Education] Vol. 33, no. 8 (Oct. 2017), pp.1-47.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-866368

American Medical Association (AMA)

Barakat, Muna Fawzi Ahmad. The effect of using a program based on some critical thinking strategies on developing reading reading skills of 1st year English majors at Minia faculty of education. [Journal of the Faculty of Education]. 2017. Vol. 33, no. 8, pp.1-47.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-866368

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 40-47

Record ID

BIM-866368