Investigating the effect of visualization-based activities on developing the 6th grade Jordanian female pupils’ reading comprehension skills

Nofah Sameh Almawadeh ()

International Journal of Education and Practice, 2023, vol. 11, issue 3, 681-691

Abstract: This study investigated the effects of visualization-based activities on improving the reading comprehension skills of 6th grade Jordanian female pupils. The study was applied to a sample of 46 pupils taken from Al-Qatrana Primary School for Girls, Education Directorate of Al-Karak Governorate. Two groups were formed; control and experimental groups; with 22 and 24 participants respectively. The quantitative method was used to investigate this study. Moreover, data was collected through the pre-test and the post-test of female pupils’ reading comprehension skills which were conducted for this purpose. The analysis of data relied on independent t-tests applied with the aim of identifying the statistical significance associated with the two groups’ achievement in reading comprehension. The results reflected the significant effect of using visualization-based activities in developing the reading comprehension skills of the 6th-grade Jordanian female pupils. This study concluded that visualization-based activities were more effective in teaching Foreign Language (FL) reading comprehension compared to the traditional method. Thus, this study helped to improve different skills among the current sample of students (of Al-Qatrana primary school for girls and would be applicable to other schools to study a foreign language with less difficulty and remove any challenges and difficulties that may come their way in learning a FL.

Keywords: 6th-grade; Foreign language; Jordanian female pupils; Reading comprehension skills; Visualization. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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