Volume 29, No. 2 Effects of different text difficulty levels on EFL learners' foreign language anxiety and reading comprehension

Effects of different text difficulty levels on EFL learners' foreign language anxiety and reading comprehension

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Volume 29, No. 2
contributor.author:
Bahmani, Roghayeh Farvadin, Mohammad Taghi
date.accessioned:
2020-05-22T02:26:23Z
date.available:
2020-05-22T02:26:23Z
date.issued:
2017-10
description.abstract:
This study aimed to examine the effects of different text difficulty levels on foreign language reading anxiety (FLRA) and reading comprehension of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners. To this end, 50 elementary EFL learners were selected from two intact classes (n = 25 each). Each class was assigned to a text difficulty level (i.e., ‘i + 1’ and ‘i - 1’) in which the participants experienced extensive reading at different levels of difficulty for two semesters. A reading comprehension test and the Foreign Language Reading Anxiety Scale (FLRAS) were administered before and after the treatment. The results revealed that both text difficulty levels significantly improved the participants’ reading comprehension. The findings also showed that, at the end of the study, the ‘i + 1’ group’s FLRA increased, while that of the ‘i - 1’ group decreased.
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endingpage:
202
identifier.doi:
10125/66912
identifier.issn:
1539-0578
identifier.uri:
http://hdl.handle.net/10125/66912
number:
2
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
rfl.topic:
Extensive Reading
site_url:
/rfl/item/375
startingpage:
185
subject:
extensive reading EFL learners foreign language reading anxiety text difficulty level reading comprehension
title:
Effects of different text difficulty levels on EFL learners' foreign language anxiety and reading comprehension
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Article
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Text
volume:
29