The Use of Graphic Organizers in The Development of EFL Reading Comprehension

This study investigated how the use of GOs helped EFL university students (18-22 years old) in the development of the reading comprehension skill. A control group and an experimental group participated in a pre-test and a post-test; the experimental group went through six reading activities which in...

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Autor: Llumiquinga, María Teresa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Ecuador
Institución:Universidad Central del Ecuador
Repositorio:Revista Kronos Journal
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistadigital.uce.edu.ec:article/854
Acceso en línea:https://revistadigital.uce.edu.ec/index.php/KronosJournal/article/view/854
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Graphic organizers
reading comprehension
EFL (English as a Foreign Language)
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Sumario:This study investigated how the use of GOs helped EFL university students (18-22 years old) in the development of the reading comprehension skill. A control group and an experimental group participated in a pre-test and a post-test; the experimental group went through six reading activities which involved the use of GOs for reading comprehension. Additionally, a test to qualify their confidence in the use of GOs for ESL reading comprehension was applied to the experimental group. Results showed that the experimental group improved meaningfully from the pre-test to the post test.