Repeated
reading effect on reading fluency and reading
comprehension
in monolingual and bilingual EFL learners
This report describes an 8-week
quasi-experimental RR study carried out with monolingual and bilingual
university level Iranian learners of English using improved reading comprehension
testing procedures. It was found that RR in general was effective in increasing
reading fluency and comprehension among experimental group in comparison with
control group which does not receive any reading treatment. This finding is not
in line with other previous studied which have failed to report reading
comprehension gains from repeated reading. Since repetition is a critical
element in RR method, experimental group take more advantage of this element,
during post-test and comprehend more than control group. The significant
finding of this study is that bilinguals gain better comprehension ability than
monolinguals but concerning fluency no specific differences were found between monolinguals
and bilinguals performances. So it is logical to posit this fact that in FL
setting RR is an effective method to help readers especially bilinguals to
become independent.
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