Social-Personalized versus Computer-Personalized Methods to Teaching English Learners' Reading Comprehension Ability

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  • Fatemeh Sharifi English Language Department, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon
  • Parisa Farrokh English Translation Department, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran

https://doi.org/10.17583/remie.2017.2775

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The present study was out to compare new approaches computer assisted language learning, personalized learning program versus traditional approach to teaching second language reading comprehension ability among Iranian English learners. The participants in this study were 90 students who studied at a university of Applied Sciences and Technology in Rasht, Iran. All the participants were randomly assigned into three groups, one control group and two experimental groups. The control group went through a traditional method of teaching reading skill in the classroom. The first experimental group received a personalized learning instruction. The second experimental group went through a personalized learning program supported by a computer assisted language learning system (CALL). At the end of the treatment, a posttest was administrated to three groups to find out the effects of the new instruction. The results of this study revealed that the second experimental group who received treatment through CALL- based personalized learning approach.

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Parisa Farrokh, English Translation Department, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran

she is assistant prof of English translation department

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2019-05-26

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Sharifi, F., & Farrokh, P. (2019). Social-Personalized versus Computer-Personalized Methods to Teaching English Learners’ Reading Comprehension Ability. Multidisciplinary Journal of Educational Research, 7(3), 287–315. https://doi.org/10.17583/remie.2017.2775

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