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An Analysis Of The EFL Secondary Reading Curriculum And Reading Theories In Iraqi Kurdistan

Thesis (PhD)-- Faculty of Major Languages Study, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, 2016

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Main Author: Hameed Ahmed, Hamsa
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universiti Sains Islam malaysia 2016
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Language and languages.
English language—Study and teaching—Foreign speaker
Online Access:http://ddms.usim.edu.my:80/jspui/handle/123456789/13179
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spelling my.usim-131792019-04-11T08:12:12Z An Analysis Of The EFL Secondary Reading Curriculum And Reading Theories In Iraqi Kurdistan Hameed Ahmed, Hamsa Language and languages. English language—Study and teaching—Foreign speaker Thesis (PhD)-- Faculty of Major Languages Study, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, 2016 As English Language is increasingly being used in tertiary education, there is growing concern that students graduating from Form Six classes in Iraqi Kurdistan have poor reading skills in particular higher order thinking skills. Therefore, the students entering university are ill prepared to follow courses where the subject matter is taught primarily in English. Little is really known on the reading skills and strategies used in Form 6 and the factors that contribute to poor reading skills. Against this concern, this study was undertaken with the aim to unfold and understand the need for developing critical reading comprehension skills. This study is a content analysis research and qualitative methods were used to collect data. The data used in this research study was obtained through four sources. First, the reading curriculum and the Form Six textbooks were scrutinized in detail and the ensuing comments were documented. Second, two teachers teaching the Form Six classes were observed and this was followed by teacher interviews. Fourth, the first year undergraduate students in universities in Iraqi Kurdistan were interviewed and their feedback were transcribed and carefully coded to find out the difficulties they faced at their respective universities. The findings from this study have shown that most of the reading passages and reading tasks found in the student’s textbook are influenced by bottom-up strategy. There has been a lack of reading passages and reading tasks related to top-down processing and meta-cognitive processing respectively. On the contrary, the findings reflect that most of the passages in the student’s textbook are narrative in nature while at tertiary level more expository type of passages are used. Discussion based on findings, reveal that only a small number of reading comprehension questions refer to reorganization and inferential reading skills. This means that the majority of the reading comprehension questions in the textbook are literal comprehension questions where no critical thinking is involved. The study findings have further shown that most of the reading passages and reading tasks found in Sunrise Student’s Book 12 are influenced by bottom-up strategy. In addition to these, most of the passages in the student’s Book 12 are narrative in nature while at tertiary level more expository type of passages is used. This means that the majority of the reading comprehension questions in the textbook are literal comprehension questions where no critical thinking is involved. Thus, there is a necessity to bring out radical changes to the existing EFL secondary reading curriculum so that new tasks and activities can aid in developing higher order thinking skills. The present study is significant as it can be applicable to other Middle-East countries. 2016-12-09T03:09:59Z 2016-12-09T03:09:59Z 2016 Thesis http://ddms.usim.edu.my:80/jspui/handle/123456789/13179 en Universiti Sains Islam malaysia
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topic Language and languages.
English language—Study and teaching—Foreign speaker
spellingShingle Language and languages.
English language—Study and teaching—Foreign speaker
Hameed Ahmed, Hamsa
An Analysis Of The EFL Secondary Reading Curriculum And Reading Theories In Iraqi Kurdistan
description Thesis (PhD)-- Faculty of Major Languages Study, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, 2016
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author Hameed Ahmed, Hamsa
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title An Analysis Of The EFL Secondary Reading Curriculum And Reading Theories In Iraqi Kurdistan
title_short An Analysis Of The EFL Secondary Reading Curriculum And Reading Theories In Iraqi Kurdistan
title_full An Analysis Of The EFL Secondary Reading Curriculum And Reading Theories In Iraqi Kurdistan
title_fullStr An Analysis Of The EFL Secondary Reading Curriculum And Reading Theories In Iraqi Kurdistan
title_full_unstemmed An Analysis Of The EFL Secondary Reading Curriculum And Reading Theories In Iraqi Kurdistan
title_sort analysis of the efl secondary reading curriculum and reading theories in iraqi kurdistan
publisher Universiti Sains Islam malaysia
publishDate 2016
url http://ddms.usim.edu.my:80/jspui/handle/123456789/13179
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