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标题：THE EFFECTS OF TWO TYPES OF PRE-READING ACTIVITIES (PROVIDING THE GLOSSARY OF UNKHOWN WORDS VERSUS CONTENT RELATED SUPPORT) ON EFL LEARNERS` READING COMPREHENSION
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作者：Seyyedeh Sharareh Mirshahidi ; Seyyed Hassan Seyyedrezaei
期刊名称：Journal of Current Research in Science
印刷版ISSN：2322-5009
出版年度：2015
卷号：3
期号：1
页码：57-63
出版社：Islamic press
摘要：Reading comprehension has been considered as one of the main purposes of language learning and teaching. This study aimed to examine and compare the effects of two pre-reading activities, namely, providing the glossary of unknown words and content related support on reading comprehension of EFL learners. Participants of the study were 42 students who were selected from 70 students learning English in the Zabansara Institute in Gorgan after taking the Nelson English Language Test as an English language proficiency test. They were randomly assigned into two groups of the glossary of unknown words and content related support. Students in both groups took the reading part of a PET as the pre-test. The only matter of difference was that in the first group the teacher provided the students with a list of unknown words while in the second group the teacher gave a summary of the text before reading and attempted to elicit the students’ ideas about the topic. At the end of the treatment period, the reading post-test was given to the students in both groups. An ANCOVA was run not only to compare the performance of both groups after the treatment period in terms of reading comprehension also to show whether post-test differences were due to treatment – pre-reading activities – effect or their differences in pre-test. The results of the ANCOVA revealed that the content related support was more effective than the providing the glossary of unknown words on the participants’ reading comprehension. The results of the present study could help course book designers, educational planners, material developers, foreign language institutes, teachers, and learners to provide a better context for foreign language learning and improving different language skills
关键词：Pre-reading activities; glossary of unknown words; content related support; reading comprehension