Sosil Somokian, Box Hill College of Kuwait, Kuwait
The purpose of this quantitative study was to compare the impact of KWL, QAR and SQ3R on developing learners’ ability to decode and reconstruct meaning from reading texts. The study was done at Box Hill College of Kuwait. Participants were adult female learners, enrolled in an intensive ESL course. The research questions were: 1. Will learners’ ability to decode and reconstruct meaning from text improve upon using various graphic organizers. 2. Which organizer is more efficient in enhancing learners’ comprehension skills and 3.Whichstrategy is easier to master and implement. Data for this quantitative study was collected from several sources: a. Learners’ reading time records during the 20 practice sessions; b. Scores from completed graphic organizers; c. Teachers’ feedback forms; d. Scores from 5 reading tests (Placement, 3 progress and 1 exit); e. Surveys compiling learners’ opinion about various graphic organizers. In total 75 students randomly assigned to 5 groups (4 experimental, 1 control) participated in this study for 5 weeks. Results showed that students who used KWL scored the highest, followed by SQ3R, QAR and finally the group that was trained to use all 3 graphic organizers. Detailed analysis of results highlighted some of the reasons behind these findings.
The above abstract is a part of the article which was accepted at The International Conference on Current Issues of Languages, Dialects and Linguistics (WWW.LLLD.IR), 2-3 February 2017, Iran-Ahwaz.