NDLI: The Effect of a Genre-Based Approach on Development of Reading Comprehension Skills by Iraqi EFL University Learners

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The Effect of a Genre-Based Approach on Development of Reading Comprehension Skills by Iraqi EFL University Learners

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Author	Fakhir, Shurooq Zahraa, Abdul
Copyright Year	2020
Abstract	The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a genre-based instruction on Iraqi EFL learners. A total of sixty students studying at the University of Al-Qadisiyah, College of Arts, Department of English in the first year were equally distributed into two groups (an experimental group and a control group). A researcher (the instructor) taught the experimental group based on the genre approach and the control group based on the traditional approach of teaching reading comprehension, which is predominant in Iraqi universities. To meet the purpose of this research, the two groups were given a reading comprehension pre-test followed by twenty-four instruction sessions. Then, they were given the same test that they had taken as the pre-test, but this time as the post-test. The results of reading comprehension analysis, analysed by a t-test and independent variable test proposed teaching by a genre-based-group approach, showed that the latter significant role in developing Iraqi EFL learners' reading comprehension skills. The descriptive statistics revealed learners in the experimental group advanced significantly in reading comprehension when compared with the non-genre group. The study indicated that in the performances of both genders (male and female learners) there were non-significant differences.
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