Developing Inferential Comprehension via Training on Morphological Awareness among High vs. Low Achievers of Palestine University EFL Learners | ||
| مجلة القراءة والمعرفة | ||
| Article 10, Volume 19, العدد214 أغسطس الجزء الأول, August 2019, Pages 59-88 PDF (570.7 K) | ||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mrk.2019.100130 | ||
| Author | ||
| Mohamed Ali Shaat | ||
| Faculty of Education / University of Palestine / Gaza Strip-Palestine | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study aimed at investigating the effect of morphological awareness/analysis on Palestine university EFL high vs. low achievers‟ inferential comprehension. The researcher conducted an experiment on a sample of EFLLs during the first semester of the academic year 2018-2019. The participants of the study, who have been working as teachers at UNRWA schools and were enrolled in English 2 course, consisted of (45) male and female students divided into two groups. The experimental group included (20) students; (12) females and (8) males, while the control group included (25) students; (12) males and (13 females). The control group members were taught the activities of English (2) course using the regular method while the experimental group members were taught the activities of the same course using the morphological awareness strategy. The researcher adopted and adapted an inferential comprehension pre/posttests and used it as a main tool in this study. The test was rated twice; by the researcher and another colleague from the university, and the mean of the two scores were granted as a final score of the participants of the study on the pre/posttests. Results revealed that morphological awareness training has a large positive effect on developing the inferential comprehension of Palestine University EFL high and low achievers. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| morphological awareness training; inferential comprehension | ||
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