The Role of Student and School Variables in Reading Performance among Those Participated in PIRLS 2006 M. S. Reza'ee A.R. Kiamanesh, Ph.D. Z. Naghsh, Ph.D. To determine the role of student and school variables in reading performance, the data on Iranian fourth graders who participated in PIRLS 2006 were analyzed. The sample had included 3978 students from 208 schools. At the stu...

This study examines the relationship between both first language (L1) and second language (L2) reading attitudes, and learners' performance in L2 extensive reading. Four reading attitude variables were identified (Comfort, Anxiety, Value, Self-perception), both in L1 and L2, according to learners' responses to a questionnaire. Results of analyses using these four variables are summarised on two...

This is the reading where the quantifier is naturally understood as taking wide scope relative to the attitude verb and as binding a variable within the scope of the attitude verb. This reading is usually called the de re reading. In this essay, I am interested in addressing the question: what should the semantic analysis of this kind of reading look like from a Fregean perspective—a perspectiv...

background: testing and teaching are interrelated in education process; using various kinds of tests, teachers are able to anticipate the strong and weak points of learning in students, their progress and their accomplishment. the influence of test on teaching and learning is commonly referred to as washback. testing washback is a twisted concept that becomes even more complex under a various i...

Focusing on attitude toward teaching strategies and promoting collaboration in reading have been widely acknowledged to impact students’ achievement attitude. This study explores the implementation of CSR. Conducted under qualitative research design, this involved 21 high school students who were classified into low- high-achievers. To collect data, administered a set instruments: questionnaire...

This study reports on the development of a reading comprehension course based on Critical Pedagogy principles, and the result of its application on EFL learners' reading comprehension competence, their motivation to read English materials, their democratic attitudes towards their English classrooms, and also their attitudes towards the critical course. The present study is, in fact, a step forw...

. Critical thinking skills are one of the key requirements for a modern specialist in professional world nowadays. Applying critical while reading texts must become essential approach to dealing with information. This study focuses on an exploratory investigation students’ attitude tasks at English classes. The present survey aims exploring low-intermediate assignments used main following: 1) c...