Open AccessImproving ESP Students' Reading Comprehension Proficiency by Using Scanning Techniques
Author(s) -
Edhah Numan Khazaal,
Edhah Numan Khazaal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of research in social sciences and humanities(online)/international journal of research in social sciences and humanities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2454-4671
pISSN - 2249-4642
DOI - 10.37648/ijrssh.v11i03.013
Subject(s) - reading comprehension , test (biology) , reading (process) , comprehension , mathematics education , computer science , significant difference , psychology , mathematics , linguistics , statistics , paleontology , philosophy , biology , programming language
The present study aimed to reveal if the use of scanning techniques can improve ESPstudents' reading comprehension proficiency. A sample of 20 ESP students was chosenrandomly and divided into two groups, their ages ranged between 20 and 21 years old. Thecontrol group was taught through traditional methods of reading comprehension and theexperimental group was taught through the scanning technique. Both groups wereadministered a reading comprehension test and questionnaire to find out if they were aware ofusing scanning techniques in the learning of enumerating texts. Data was analyzed by using at-test on the scanning technique. The researcher uses pre-test and post-test. The collected datawere analyzed by using the T-test formula. The result of data analysis showed that the meanscore in the post-test for the experimental group is higher than the mean score in thecontrolled group. The pre-test and post-test comparison showed that the participants achieveda higher level of reading comprehension proficiency following the instructions. The findingsof the study indicated that the reading scanning technique was more effective in improvingthe reading comprehension ability of ESP students than traditional methods of readingcomprehension.