Enhancing English Majors' Higher Order Thinking Skills in EFL Reading and Motivation Using a Reciprocal Teaching -Based Program

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A Lecturer of TEFL Methodology at the Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction Faculty of Education, Minia University

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The present study was conducted to investigate the impact of using a program based on reciprocal teaching method on enhancing English majors' higher order thinking skills (HOTS) in reading and their reading motivation. The study used the quasi-experimental research method (pre-post control-experimental design). Seventy students enrolled in the second year, English section at the Faculty of Education were randomly assigned to two intact groups: an experimental group (n=35) and a control group(n=35). The students in the experimental group were trained and instructed using a program based on reciprocal teaching whereas their counterparts in the control group did not receive such training as they received regular instruction. Instruments of the study included a language proficiency test, a test of higher-order thinking skills in reading and a scale of reading motivation.  The findings revealed that the students in the experimental group significantly surpassed their counterparts in the control group in the post-performance on the test of higher -order thinking skills in reading and the scale of reading motivation. 

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المجلة التربوية لکلية التربية بسوهاج
Volume 59, Issue 59 - Serial Number 59
مناهج وطرق التدریس ( اللغة العربیة- الإنجلیزیة – الفرنسیة – الریاضیات – العلوم- الفنون- الاقتصاد المنزلی- التجاری ... )
2019
Pages 1-50

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  • Receive Date: 22 May 2019
  • Accept Date: 22 May 2019

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