| The Relationship Between Vocabulary Knowledge and Reading Comprehension Performance of Iranian EFL Learners |
| کد مقاله : 1024-CNF-FULL |
| نویسندگان |
|
مینا یزدانپرست * زبان انگلیسی دانشکده زبان دانشگاه آزاد شهرضا |
| چکیده مقاله |
| The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension performance of Iranian EFL learners. The total number of EFL learners from the English department in undergraduate level at Ahvaz university of Khousetan was 450 students. TOEFL reading comprehension subtest (TOEFL-RBC) is a standardized multiple-choice reading comprehension test. Participants attending the test must read five passages that express general academic subjects and answer 30 multiple-choice questions for each passage. Data were collected by questionnaire from 81 learners undergraduate level of English between the ages 19 and 21 years. Data were analyzed through the inferential statistics used in this study was Pearson Correlation analyses. Two-tailed product-moment correlations were computed for scores from the reading comprehension and vocabulary knowledge to find any possible relationship between the two variables. the data were computed by means of the statistical package SPSS version 16. The results showed that Pearson Correlation analyses showed a significant positive relationship between vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension The Pearson’s correlation tests indicate positive and significant relationships (r =0.599 P<0.01) for vocabulary knowledge. |
| کلیدواژه ها |
| Vocabulary knowledge, Reading Comprehension, Pearson Correlation, EFL Learners. |
| وضعیت: پذیرفته شده |