The Impact of Cultural Orientation on EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension and Achievement Motivation

Journal of Teaching English Lnaguage Studies

مقاله 3، دوره 2، شماره 4، مرداد 2014، صفحه 36-49   

نویسنده

Mina Sadeghi^*

Islamic Azad University, Semnan Branch

چکیده

This study investigated the effect of cultural orientation on reading comprehension and
achievement motivation of the EFL learners. To conduct this study, the researcher recruited 60
Iranian EFL learners at language institutes. All learners were selected from the intermediate level.
They were assigned to two groups; experimental and control groups. The researcher used a number
of cultural concepts and orientated the learners to these concepts as treatment in the experimental
group. After the treatment the researcher administered the reading comprehension post test to
measure the participants’ reading comprehension and a questionnaire to assess their achievement
motivation. The findings showed the impact of familiarity with the cultural concepts before
starting the reading texts on the participants’ reading comprehension and their achievement
motivation.

کلیدواژه‌ها

culture؛ Reading؛ EFL learners

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