The Effect of RAP Paraphrasing Strategy on Improving Iranian EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension

November 2017
Vol-3, Issue-6
Paper ID: 7011
ISSN: 2395-4396
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RAP paraphrasing strategy reading comprehension Iranian EFL learners
Abstract
The importance of reading English for EFL learners cannot be ignored. It is widely accepted that comprehension is at the heart of reading and the vigorous process of making meaning from text (Durkin, 1993).Comprehension counts on not only traits of the reader, such as prior knowledge ,and activating it, but also effective strategies to making meaning through decoding the text. Thus the present study aimed at investigating the effect of paraphrasing on improving reading comprehension. Sixty male learners with age range of 18 -21 participated in the quasi- experimental study which lasted for one semester. The collected data was analyzed by means of SPSS. It was indicated that through paraphrasing, learners acquired how to get the meaning of the texts, and also they learn how reconstruct a text rather than rote memorizing it. This resulted in deep understanding and longer retention of the reading materials.
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1 Mohammadreza Esmaeili Chinijani Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Dr. Hanieh Davatgari Asl Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

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Chinijani, Mohammadreza Esmaeili & Asl, Dr. Hanieh Davatgari (2017). The Effect of RAP Paraphrasing Strategy on Improving Iranian EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, 3(6), 786-794.
MLA Style
Chinijani, Mohammadreza Esmaeili, and Dr. Hanieh Davatgari Asl. "The Effect of RAP Paraphrasing Strategy on Improving Iranian EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 3, no. 6, 2017, pp. 786-794.
IEEE Style
Mohammadreza Esmaeili Chinijani and Dr. Hanieh Davatgari Asl, "The Effect of RAP Paraphrasing Strategy on Improving Iranian EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension," International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 786-794, 2017.
Vancouver Style
Chinijani Mohammadreza Esmaeili, Asl Dr. Hanieh Davatgari. The Effect of RAP Paraphrasing Strategy on Improving Iranian EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education. 2017;3(6):786-794.
Harvard Style
Chinijani, Mohammadreza Esmaeili & Asl, Dr. Hanieh Davatgari (2017) 'The Effect of RAP Paraphrasing Strategy on Improving Iranian EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension', International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, 3(6), pp. 786-794.
Chicago Style
Chinijani, Mohammadreza Esmaeili and Dr. Hanieh Davatgari Asl. "The Effect of RAP Paraphrasing Strategy on Improving Iranian EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education 3, no. 6 (2017): 786-794.
Turabian Style
Chinijani, Mohammadreza Esmaeili and Dr. Hanieh Davatgari Asl. "The Effect of RAP Paraphrasing Strategy on Improving Iranian EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education 3, no. 6 (2017): 786-794.

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