Open AccessThe Motivational Impact of Enhancing Reading Comprehension through Pictorial Fictions on the Involvement of Iranian EFL Students in Writing Activities
Author(s) -
Fereydoon Rasouli,
Omid Ahmadi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mağallaẗ ğāmiʿaẗ ğīhān- arbīl li-l-ʿulūm al-insāniyyaẗ wa-al-iğtimāʿiyyaẗ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2709-8648
pISSN - 2707-6342
DOI - 10.24086/cuejhss.v5n1y2021.pp82-87
Subject(s) - reading comprehension , psychology , reading (process) , comprehension , significant difference , test (biology) , mathematics education , control (management) , prime (order theory) , linguistics , computer science , medicine , mathematics , artificial intelligence , paleontology , philosophy , combinatorics , biology
Determining the motivational impact of enhancing reading comprehension, through pictorial fictions, on the EFL students to involve them more in writing activities, is the prime purpose of the present study. The study took place in the Iranian Language Institute (ILI), the branch of Mahabad. Key English Test (KET) administrated to a hundred students to select the subjects of the present study. Finally, 60 male students were selected and randomly divided into the experimental and control groups. The experimental group received pictorial fictions as treatment, utilizing input reading comprehension enhancement through typographic elements, and direct and indirect feedback provided to them, while the control group received pictorial fiction texts without such inputs, then to collect the intended data, the "Academic Writing Motivation Questionnaire" (AWMQ) was administered to both groups separately in two stages of pre-tests and post-tests. The results showed that enhancing reading comprehension has a significant motivational impact on the writing engagement of Iranian EFL learners.