The Relationship Between Skimming Skill and Cloze Test Performance

The present study is designed to investigate the relationship between skimming skill and cloze test performance. In other words this research is conducted to answer the following question: Is there a relationship between skimming skill and cloze test performance? This research is conducted through the participation of 20 female students of a high school. They were the third grade students of biology. These students were chosen through random sampling. . To conduct this research, one of the experimental methods named one-group pretest posttest study is used. Therefore, a pretest was used to measure the initial reading comprehension proficiency of the students. During treatment period cloze tests was administered to them and asked them to apply skimming skill. Then a posttest was utilized to examine the hypothesis and to measure the scores after treatment. The data (test scores) was analyzed using paired-sample t-test analysis and comparing the means. The data analysis indicated that there is a significant difference in the scores of pretest and the scores of posttest. There was a significant increase in scores from pretest to the posttest. The results suggest that there is a relationship between skimming skill and cloze test performance and knowing and applying skimming skill can increase the scores of cloze test’s exams.

کلیدواژه ها:

Skimming skill ، cloze test ، reading proficiency ، reading comprehension