Talking story books significantly improved Saudi young EFL learners' reading-based phonics skills relative to the control group¶

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Currency · newest study 2017 · checked against its sources 2026-11-03 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i3 The experimental group scored significantly higher on reading-based phonics, F(2,76) = 125.34, partial eta squared = 0.77. → Alsamadani 2017

Evidence¶

Alsamadani 2017¶

Hashem Ahmed Alsamadani. (2017). The Effect of Talking Story Books on Saudi Young EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension. English Language Teaching, 10(5). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v10n5p204

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MANCOVA between-subjects result from the four-week intervention. The article reports "F (2, 76) = 125.34, p = 0.00, partial eta squared = .77", an effect size of partial eta squared = 0.77, the largest univariate effect among the four outcomes, stating 77% of variance explained.

"the results of MANCOV A proved that there was a significant difference between the mean scores of the two groups on post-reading test scores at the students’ reading-based phonics skills, F (2, 76) = 125.34, p = 0.00, partial eta squared = .77."

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Decoding — outcome: instruction changes it

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