Reflective reading and EFL reading comprehension

Reading comprehension is of the survival skills in EFL context. All of the language proficiency exams and achievement tests are measuring this skill. However, it seems that traditional approaches to teach reading comprehension have not satisfied the learners’ need. Therefore, this experimental study investigated the effect of reflective reading on reading comprehension of Iranian EFL learners. A sample of both male and female participants was selected from among the EFL learners of a language institute through convenient sampling (n = 56). A PET was given to the sample to select the homogeneous learners (n= 49). The participants were divided into two experimental and control groups. Reading comprehension of the study groups was measured prior to the treatment. The treatment focusing of reflective reading lasted for 10 sessions in the experimental group. After the treatment period, the groups’ reading comprehension was measured once more. Independent samples t-tests were run to investigate the difference between the groups reading comprehension performance. It was found that reflective reading has positive effect on reading comprehension of Iranian EFL learners. The results of the current study can have some beneficial pedagogical implications for language teachers, learners, material developers, policy makers and researchers

کلیدواژه ها:

reflective reading strategies ، reflective learning ، reading reflection ، reading comprehension ability