The Implementation of Constructivism in Teaching Reading to Kurdish EFL Students at Salahaddin University-Erbil
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https://doi.org/10.23813/FA/23/2/20Keywords:
Constructivism, EFL, Reading skillAbstract
This study investigates the effectiveness of implementing constructivist principles in teaching reading to Kurdish EFL students. The study employs a quasi-experimental design, which involves a control group and an experimental group. The former group was taught traditionally, while the latter was taught in accordance with constructivist pedagogy. The results revealed that the constructivist intervention positively affected the students’ reading skill in the experimental group. They outperformed their peers in the control group who were taught traditionally. These results testify the assumption that the application is expedient to cultivate students’ reading skills. The study ends up with putting forward some conclusions.
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Q1// A. Choose the most suitable completion based on what is said/ implied in the above mentioned text:
- The main theme of the text is encouraging people to have
a) high personal morality
b) tolerance towards different religions
c) honesty in their behaviours
- Clooney's statement "I can't walk away from this" means she cannot
a) come out of the case without being harmed
b) win the case easily
c) leave the case without defending it
- Clooney felt ashamed to be at the UN because
a) the states are busy with international commerce
b) the states are deaf to the cries of Yazidi people for help
c) the states financially assist ISIS
- Murad managed to escape in November 2014 after
a) the house owner helped her
b) the house was left unlocked
c) the weather was foggy and nobody noticed her as she was leaving the house
- We deduce from the passage that
a) Murad is the elder daughter in her family
b) Her father married twice
c) Her mother is still alive
Q1//B. Answer the following questions on the basis of the information found in the text:
What has made Yazidi people a target for ISIS?
What is meant by human trafficking?
What do you conclude from Clooney’s speech, which is put between { } in the passage?
Why are Yazidi children boys (who are captivated by ISIS) in danger?
What is the main aim of Murad's international campaign?
Q1/ C. Circle the best meaning or synonym for the underlined words as they are used in the text:
nominated a. showed b. chosen c. advertised
traumatic a. psychologically painful b. causing embarrassment c. tiresome
executed a. carried out b. put to death c. punished
plight a. promise b. catastrophe c. unrest
aspiring a. intuitive b. having high goals c. requiring great effort
massacre a. total defeat b. butchering an animal c. slaughtering people indiscriminately
relocated a. refilled b. resettled c. reordered
committed a. performed b. feeling obligated to do something c. consigned to a hospital
deter a. inhibit b. reject c. advise
tolerance a. indulgence b. quietness c. broad-mindedness
Q1//D. Reflect on and summarizethe main points of the text in not more than five sentences.
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