Schema activation strategy in reading comprehension to improve student’s interest

Question answer relationship strategy increases reading comprehension among Kindergarten students

The  Question  Answer  Relationship  (QAR)  strategy  equips  students  with  tools  to  successfully decode and comprehend what they read. An action research project over 18 days with twenty-three kindergarteners adapted exposure to QAR’s “In the Book” and “In my Head” categories with similar questions for each of two popular Aesop’s fables. The challenges and outcomes are  presented  with  sp...

Teaching How to Improve Reading Comprehension: One Way of Increasing Iranian Students\' Scores on PIRLS

Teaching How to Improve Reading Comprehension: One Way of Increasing Iranian Students' Scores on PIRLS M. Najafi Paazoki, Ph.D. The performance of Iranian students on the international reading tests (PIRLS) is indicative of a major problem in reading comprehension. From a constructivist perspective, there are strategies that can be learned and used in order to improve reading comp...

Rap: a Reading Comprehension Strategy for Students with Learning Disabilities

Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies to Iranian EFL Pre-University Students

The present study investigated the potential of implementing reading strategy instruction in raising learner readers' awareness of reading strategies,  extending the range of strategies they employed and enhancing their reading comprehension ability. To conduct the study, 90 female pre-university students majoring in Natural Sciences were selected based on a convenient sampling procedure. After...

Cognitive Strategy Training: Improving Reading Comprehension in the Language Classroom

This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive strategy instruction on English reading comprehension of Iranian advanced students. A total of 60 participants took part in the present study. The participants (n=20) in one experimental group were provided with the cognitive training condition only, while the participants (n=20) in the other experimental group were exposed to both a...