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The Impact of Teaching Cultural Materials on Reading Motivation and Attitude of Iranian Upper-Intermediate EFL Learners | ||
Journal of Language Horizons | ||
دوره 5، شماره 1 - شماره پیاپی 9، فروردین 2021، صفحه 99-124 اصل مقاله (523.71 K) | ||
نوع مقاله: Research article | ||
شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22051/lghor.2020.31488.1310 | ||
نویسندگان | ||
Ehsan Namaziandost1؛ Sajad Shafiee* 2؛ Fariba Rahimi Esfahani3 | ||
1Ph.D. Candidate, Department of English, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran | ||
2Assistant Professor, Department of English, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran. | ||
3Assistant Professor, Department of English, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran | ||
چکیده | ||
This study investigated the effect of teaching cultural materials on reading motivation and reading attitude across two genders. To fulfill this objective, 150 upper-intermediate male (n = 75) and female (n = 75) EFL learners were selected and randomly divided into three equal groups. Then, a reading motivation pretest was carried out to check the participants’ reading motivation at the beginning of the course. As the treatment, some reading passages related to American and English cultures (for group A), Persian culture (for group B), and culture free-materials (for group C) were taught. After the treatment, a posttest of reading motivation and a reading attitude questionnaire were executed. The outcomes indicated that teaching materials with cultural content in them promoted the Iranian EFL learners’ reading motivation as checked by the Motivation for Reading Questionnaire (MRQ) (Wigfield & Guthrie, 1997). Moreover, as measured by a 25-item attitude questionnaire adapted from Liu’s (2015) scale, it was discovered that students had a positive attitude toward using such cultural materials in their reading. Lastly, the results demonstrated that female participants performed better than the male ones on reading motivation posttest. In light of the findings, a number of conclusions are drawn and several implications are put forward. | ||
کلیدواژهها | ||
culture؛ cultural knowledge؛ gender؛ reading motivation؛ reading attitude | ||
عنوان مقاله [English] | ||
تأثیر آموزش موادِ فرهنگی بر انگیزه و نگرشِ خواندن زبانآموزانِ انگلیسی بالاتر از سطح متوسط ایرانی | ||
نویسندگان [English] | ||
احسان نمازیان دوست1؛ سجاد شفیعی2؛ فریبا رحیمی اصفهانی3 | ||
1دانشجوی دکتری، گروه زبان انگلیسی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد شهرکرد، شهرکرد، ایران | ||
2استادیار، گروه زبان انگلیسی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد شهرکرد، شهرکرد، ایران. | ||
3استادیار، گروه زبان انگلیسی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد شهرکرد، شهرکرد، ایران | ||
چکیده [English] | ||
این مطالعه به بررسی تأثیر آموزشِ مطالبِ فرهنگی بر انگیزة خواندن و نگرشِ خواندن در میان دانشآموزانِ با دو جنس مختلف پرداختهاست. برای دستیابی به این هدف،150 نفر از دانشآموزان انگلیسی به عنوان زبان خارجی، در سطح بالاتر از متوسط شامل 75 نفرمرد و 75 نفر زن انتخاب شدند و به روشِ تصادفی به سه گروه برابر دستهبندی شدند. سپس، یک پیشآزمون انگیزة خواندن برای بررسی انگیزه خواندن شرکتکنندگان در ابتدای دوره انجام شد. در اجرای امر، برخی متون خواندن مربوط به فرهنگهای آمریکایی و انگلیسی (برای گروه الف)، فرهنگ فارسی (برای گروه ب)، و متون بدون مقوله های فرهنگی (برای گروه پ)، آموزش داده شد. پس از آن، پسآزمون انگیزه خواندن و پرسشنامه نگرش خواندن انجام شد. بر اساس پرسشنامة انگیزه برای خواندن (ویگفیلد و گاتری، 1997)، نتایج حاکی از آن بود که مطالب آموزشی با محتوای فرهنگی در آنها، انگیزه خواندن زبانآموزان ایرانی را بهبود میبخشد. افزون بر این، بر اساس پرسشنامة نگرش 25 سوالی برگرفته از مقیاس لیو (2015)، معلوم شد که دانشجویان نسبت به استفاده از چنین مطالب فرهنگی در خواندن نگرش مثبت دارند. در پایان، یافتهها نشان داد که شرکتکنندههای زن در پسآزمونِ انگیزة خواندن، عملکرد بهتری در مقایسه با مردها داشتند. در پرتوی یافتهها، برخی کاربردها ارائه شدهاست و دلالتهای گوناگونی پیشِ رو آورده میشود. | ||
کلیدواژهها [English] | ||
فرهنگ, دانش فرهنگی, جنسیت, انگیزة خواندن, نگرش خواندن | ||
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