ERIC Number: EJ1151514
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-1916-4742
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Effect of Inclusion versus Segregation on Reading Comprehension of EFL Learners with Dyslexia: Case of Lebanon
Awada, Ghada M.; Gutiérrez-Colón, Mar
English Language Teaching, v10 n9 p49-60 2017
This study reports the relative effectiveness of the inclusion theory when the combined strategy instruction on improving the reading comprehension of narrative and expository texts for students with dyslexia is implemented. A total sample of 298 students of English as a foreign language from both public and private schools participated in the study which employed a pre-test-post-test control group design to investigate the efficacy of combined strategy instruction consisting of Graphic organizers, Visual displays, Mnemonic illustrations, Computer exercises, Prediction, Inference, Text structure awareness, Main idea identification, Summarization, and Questioning. The study concluded that combined strategy instruction in the field of the inclusion theory is more effective than regular instruction in improving reading comprehension when using narrative texts, but there's no difference, when using expository texts. There was no significant difference neither by gender nor by school types in all the grade levels under study.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Dyslexia, Pretests Posttests, Visual Stimuli, Mnemonics, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Prediction, Inferences, Questioning Techniques, Teaching Methods, Gender Differences, Institutional Characteristics, Reading Difficulties, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Randomized Controlled Trials, Comparative Analysis, Scoring, Statistical Analysis, Age Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 7
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Lebanon
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