Comic reading materials improve EFL reading comprehension more than general texts and pictures¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q3
Currency · newest study 2012 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Adult female pre-intermediate EFL learners taught reading through comic materials scored significantly higher on a reading comprehension test than those taught through general texts and pictures. → Roozafzai 2012

Evidence¶

Roozafzai 2012¶

Roozafzai, Z. S. (2012). The Role of Comic Reading Materials in Enhancing the Ability to Read in EFL. Journal of English Language Teaching. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1070200

q3 · i? · causal · r1

Experimental study with 60 adult female Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners divided into experimental (comic materials) and control (general texts) groups over 20 sessions. An independent t-test showed the experimental group "significantly higher" reading scores with a mean difference of 1.4333.

"the mean reading scores of students taught through comic materials (M=14.0667, SD=2.0331) is significantly higher (t=2.550, df= 20, two-tailed p=0.05) than that of students taught through general materials (M=12.6333, SD=2.3116)."

Discussion¶

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