Abstract
The current study aimed at investigating the effect of KWL and SQ3R strategies on Palestinian eighth graders' reading comprehension skills. To achieve the study goals, the researcher adopted the experimental approach on a sample of (119) female students from Al-Kuwait Secondary School at Rafah governorate for the academic year 2019-2020. The participants were divided into three equivalent groups. The researcher used a pre and post reading comprehension test to achieve the aims of the study. Results revealed there are statistically significant differences at (α ≤ 0.01) in the total average score of the post-test between the first experimental group and the control group in favor of the first experimental group that learns by KWL strategy. Additionally, the study results showed that there are statistically significant differences at (α ≤ 0.01) in the total average score of the post-test between the second experimental group and the control group in favor of the second experimental group that learns by SQ3R strategy. Also, the study results revealed that there are statistically significant differences at (α ≤ 0.01) in the total average score of the post-test between the first and second experimental groups in favor of the first experimental group. In the light of these results, the researcher introduced some recommendations such as designing some training courses for teachers to encourage them to use these strategies.
Highlights
Learning English language is extremely necessary, because English language has become a significant means of communication everywhere in the world
There were three groups: The first one studied by KWL strategy, the second one studied by SQ3R strategy and the third one studied by the ordinary method
Relied on the results that elicited from the current research, these conclusions can be introduced: 1. After the study has been conducted, it can be concluded that KWL and SQ3R strategies are good strategies for reading comprehension because they can make the pupils participate well in the class
Summary
Learning English language is extremely necessary, because English language has become a significant means of communication everywhere in the world. It is the language of any field such as technology, science, politics, media, commerce, trade, history, and education. A lot of strategies and ways are used to teach English language as a second language, yet we have difficulties and problems in teaching and learning it. We need a blend of these methods, ways and strategies to satisfy our aims; that is teaching English language to students to achieve comprehension, accuracy and fluency such as native speakers (Takase, 2009). The methods and ways teacher present English language as a modern language to their students plays an excellent role in their improvement. Teachers must be updated with recent strategies that students prefer a lot ( Abdal Rahim, 2015)
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