PE 49

كارشناسي ارشد

آموزش زبان انگليسي

پيام نور رشت

20/06/93

فريدون وحداني

ابراهيم عزتي

Fluency , accuracy , writing skill , intermediate and advanced levels , EFL learners

وحداني،فريدون , عزتي،ابراهيم

Reading is an important part of learning English. Reading fluency and reading comprehension are identified as components in effectively gaining meaning from text. The purpose of this study was to investigate the reciprocal relationship between reading fluency and reading comprehension in a correlational study. This relationship is supposed to allow one to comprehend more thoroughly as one reads more fluently. Also as one reads more fluently, one’s ability to comprehend improves. When one’s brain is more capable in processing text meaning, one is able to read more fluently. Participants in the study were100 Iranian English language learners who were studying in a private language institute. They were randomly selected and grouped based on the books they studied (Interchange series, Inter 2 Intermediate &Inter 3 advanced) their level, and group homogeneity. They were divided into, two groups of intermediate and advanced. The study intended to investigate the relationship between comprehension and fluency in reading skill of Iranian Intermediate and advanced EFL learners. Candidates answered two reading tests, one timed (reading fluency test) and one untimed (reading comprehension). Students performance on Reading fluency were measured based on rate by having students answer a timed –reading test in 8 minutes.Pearson product moment correlation test was performed using SPSS 22 to answer the research questions to find the possible correlation between reading comprehension and reading fluency skills of Iranian intermediate and advanced foreign language learners. The study could have implications for English language teachers & learners.

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