Mapping Strategies

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of using two visual-while-reading strategies, knowledge-mapping (KM) and underlining, on the performance of intermediate students learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in multiple-choice reading comprehension tests. In doing so, 60 Iranian intermediate EFL students were selected from a larger population by means of a proficiency test. They were then divided into three groups: two experimental groups, i.e. KM and underlining, and one control group. First, the KM and underlining groups were taught how to use KM and underlining strategies respectively during reading. Then, all the subjects in the three groups took the same reading comprehension test. The results indicated that the underlining group scored the highest, followed by the KM group, with the control group performing the lowest.

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A. Majid Hayati

A. Majid Hayati, an Associate Professor of Linguistics, holds a doctorate degree in Linguistics from the University of Newcastle, Australia. He teaches TEFL, Language Testing, Linguistics, Contrastive Analysis, etc. at Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Hayati has published a number of articles in Roshd Magazine (Iran), Reading Matrix (USA), PSiCL (Poland), Asian EFL Journal (Korea), and Arts and Humanities in Higher Education (England). He can be contacted at [email protected]. Sadegh Shariatifar, holds an MA in TEFL from Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, and is currently an instructor of English in Khorramabad, Lorestan. His special fields of interest are Linguistics, Teaching Methodology and Testing. Contact e-mail: [email protected].

Sadegh Shariatifar

A. Majid Hayati, an Associate Professor of Linguistics, holds a doctorate degree in Linguistics from the University of Newcastle, Australia. He teaches TEFL, Language Testing, Linguistics, Contrastive Analysis, etc. at Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Hayati has published a number of articles in Roshd Magazine (Iran), Reading Matrix (USA), PSiCL (Poland), Asian EFL Journal (Korea), and Arts and Humanities in Higher Education (England). He can be contacted at [email protected]. Sadegh Shariatifar, holds an MA in TEFL from Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, and is currently an instructor of English in Khorramabad, Lorestan. His special fields of interest are Linguistics, Teaching Methodology and Testing. Contact e-mail: [email protected].