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Roslina – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
As a non formal education students, PKBM (a Non-Formal Community Learning Center) Medaso Kolaka students tend to encounter some difficulties in reading such as low motivation, infrequent tutors (non-formal education teachers) coming, inappropriate teaching materials, etc. This research aimed to investigate the effects of picture story books on the…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Childrens Literature, Story Reading, Reading Comprehension
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Amirian, Mohammad Reza; Davoudi, Mohammad; Ramazanian, Mohsen – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
Dynamic Assessment (DA), is grounded in Vygotsky's idea on Sociocultural Theory (SCT) of mind, his concept of Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) and its related metaphor; scaffolding. This study examined the effects of dynamic assessment on improving reading comprehension of Iranian intermediate students who were learning English as a foreign…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension
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Zhafarghandi, Amir Mahdavi; Barekat, Behzad; Homaei, Sepideh – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
This study intends to deal with attitudes of teachers and learners toward authentic listening materials at pre-intermediate level. Studies have indicated the positive effect of authentic listening materials on motivation and listening comprehension ability in learners of English as a foreign language (Nuttall, 1996; Peacock, 1997; Miller, 2005;…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)