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Four Comprehension Strategies of Reciprocal Teaching Enhancing Students' Achievement in Reading Comprehension

Hayfaa Kadhim Mohammed, Afrah Abduljabbar Abdulsahib

Volume: 11 Issue: 4 2021

Abstract:

This study aims at finding out four comprehension strategies of reciprocal teaching enhancing students’ achievement in reading comprehension. To achieve the aims of the study, null hypotheses have been put on after being subjected to experiment. Fifth stage of secondary school (female) students' in the city center of Masin, during the second term of the academic year 2017-2018. The sample of the study consists of (64) subjects, (32) students represent the experimental group, and (32) students represent the control group. While the control group has been taught by using " English for Iraq ‘5th preparatory SB, the experimental group has been taught by using four comprehension strategies of Reciprocal method. The researchers taught both the experimental group as well as the control group. The result of study shows that there is a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the development of the experimental group taught by “Four Comprehension strategies of reciprocal method” of the pretest and the posttest.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.37648/ijrssh.v11i04.003

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