The effect of extensive reading on Algerian university students’ writing performance

• Authors: Abir Ouafi
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper investigates the effect of extensive reading on first year Algerian university students’ writing performance. An experiment was designed with two groups. The experimental group had to read 12 stories over three months. The control group received no treatment. Both groups were pre-tested and post-tested, and the subjects’ writing compositions were marked using the TEEP Attribute Writing Scale. The results suggest a positive effect of the Extensive Reading Programme, as the experimental group outscored the control one on the narrative paragraph writing test. The integration of extensive reading into the first year writing syllabus was proposed.

DE

Der Band enthält die Abstracts ausschließlich in englischer Sprache.

FR

Le numéro contient uniquement les résumés en anglais.

Keywords

EN

Keywords: Extensive reading; Writing performance; Algerian EFL students; literacy skills; reading-writing connections.

DE

FR

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej
• Journal: Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 3

Dates

published

2019

online

2019-11-14

Contributors

author

Abir Ouafi

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Identifiers

DOI

10.17951/lsmll.2019.43.3.113-125