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THE EFFECT OF FIVES STRATEGY ON IRAQI EFL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION AND WRITING PERFORMANCE

Hiba Hameed Ali, Prof. Salam Hamid Abbas

Volume: 10 Issue: 3 2020

Abstract:

Reading is an important skill that supports learning a foreign language. Comprehension is noticed to be the goal of reading .Reading comprehension refers to the ability to understand and comprehend written texts. Reading comprehension involves readers to identify the significant message of the text, and to relate readers' previous knowledge to the text. Thus ,proficient readers should draw their inferences about the author intention and to employ the various cognitive skills to deal with the text efficiently. Un fortunately ,Iraqi university students still face difficulty in dealing a written text although they have studied English language for years. The present study suggests to investigate the effectiveness of FIVES strategy on EFL university students' reading comprehension and writing performance, since it is said that FIVES strategy may offer great support for students to make learning meaningful and may connect reading with other skills such as writing to be developed at the same time.To examine the suggested study ,a sample of (100) students from the second –year /Department of English/College of Education/University of Al-anbar, is chosen randomly during the academic year (2019—2020).This sample is divided into to groups the experimental group (50) students which is taught according to the FIVES strategy, and the control group( 48 students which is taught according to the conventional way.. Two instruments are utilized to show the improvement in students' performance reading comprehension and writing performance post-tests.According to the results obtained , the FIVES strategy is found to be effective in developing students' reading comprehension and writing performance.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.37648/ijrssh.v10i03.037

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