Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between critical thinking and journal text reading comprehension in Iranian EFL learners. 90 students of English translation at Abhar Payame Noor University participated in this study. After running the proficiency test, 62 students were selected as a homogenous group for this project. One questionnaire of critical thinking and one journalistic test for measuring their reading comprehension proficiency were administered to find out the relationship between critical thinking and reading comprehension of journalistic text. The Persian version of questionnaire (Honey, 2004) was given to the subjects. After the questionnaire, journalistic reading test consisting of four passages and 40 items was given to the subjects. Strong correlation found between the two variables through using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The findings of present study can have theoretical and practical implications for improving EFL learners' ability in reading journalistic text.
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