Effectiveness of Reading Strategies for EFL students of Pre-Intermediate Level

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The paper presents the topic Effectiveness of Reading Strategies for EFL students of Pre-Intermediate Level. The purpose of the research is to identify the most effective reading strategy that can help enhance students’ reading comprehension. For this aim there were taken six particular strategies offered by different authors. In order to achieve the primary purpose of the qualification paper there were held experiments for each strategy with the group of second year students of English Philology Department of Uzbek State World Languages University, in number of 10. After each experiment there was a diagnostic test results of which were compared with other ones at the end of the research. The tables and formulas were used to illustrate and analyze the results of the survey. The Research Plan was coherently followed. The purpose of the research was successfully reached.

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ABSTRACT……………………………………………….3
I. STATEMENT OF INTENT………………………....4
II. LITERATURE REVIEW……………………………5
III. PROCEDURES AND PROCESS
RESEARCH PLAN…………………………..13
STATEMENT OF THE PURPOSE
METHOD
PROCEDURE
ANALYSIS
DATA COLLECTION……………………….19
IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION……………………25
1) RESULTS
2) DISCUSSION
V. FINAL REFLECTIONS…………………………….40
VI. REFERENCE LIST…………………………………42
VII. BIBLIOGRAPHY…………………………………..43
APPENDIX……………………………………………….47
Appendix 1 (Questionnaire)………………………….......
Appendix 2 (Reading Proficiency Test)……………….....
Appendix 3 (Reading Handouts)…………………………
Appendix 4 (Diagnostic Tests)…………………………..

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                                                     Appendix 3

Reading Handout 1

                                                                          

                                       

                                                                                                                                       

«Headway» Pre – Intermediate level pp.82-83 

ReadingHandout2

«Inside Out» Pre – Intermediate level  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

                                                                                                                                

Reading Handout 3 

«Headway» Pre – Intermediate level pp.26-27 
 

Reading Handout 4 

 

«Inside Out» Pre – Intermediate level 

         
 
 

    Reading Handout 5

  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

«Headway» Pre – Intermediate level p.35 
 
 
 
 

Reading Handout 6 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

                                                                                                                                   

 «Head way»  Pre – Intermediate level pp.50-51

Appendix 4 

Diagnostic test 1 
 

Name:                                                                                            Total score: 60

Group:                                                                                           Gained score: 
 
 

Short Answer questions (60 points: 10 points each) 

  1. Did Chris keep in touch with his parents?

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  1. When did Chris’ parents last hear from him?

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  1. Why did he get rid of his car and burn his money?

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  1. What did he need?

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  1. What did not he need?

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  1. In what way was his life rich?

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Diagnostic test 2 
 

Name:                                                                                            Total score: 60

Group:                                                                                           Gained score: 
 
 

    Task I: Match the names of famous people with their cases (30 points: 5 points each) 

    1. Tom Cruise A has been filmed in her bathroom from over a kilometer away with a huge telephoto lens.
    2. Madonna B a paparazzo was waiting outside her hotel- she tearfully begged him to leave her alone, but the pictures were printed in the national newspapers the next day.
    3. Alec Baldwin C was walking down the street with his girlfriend when a paparazzo shouted, “Who is the fat girl?”
    4. Cindy Crawford D was promoting Evita in Rome, she had to drive away at 130 kph with her baby in the car because she was being chased.
    5. Princess Diana E gave paparazzo a black eye when he filmed him and his wife, Kim Basinger, returning to their Hollywood home with their new baby.
    6. George Clooney F has been pursuid at high speed through the tunnel in Paris, where Princess Diana was killed.
    1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
               

 

Task II: Short answer questions (30 points: 10 points each)

1. Who are paparazzi? 

2. Who was the founder of the term “paparazzi”? 

3. Why do paparazzi hope to get famous people in an unflattering or compromising pose? 

 

Diagnostic test 3 

Name:                                                                           Group:

Total score: 60 points                                                   Gained score: 

Task I: True/False questions (40 points: 5pts each) 

1.___ Alice was waiting for her husband because she wanted to kill him.

2.___ She was happy because it was her anniversary.

3.___ She did not know what he was going to tell her.

4.___ Henry said that he was in love with someone else.

5.___ She thought for a long time about how to murder Henry.

6.___ She turned up the central heating because the room was cold.

7.___ After she murdered him, Alice was very clever in her behavior

8.___ Alice hid the murder weapon. 

Task II: Essay questions (20 points: 10pts each) 

  1. Why do you think, Alice smiled at the end?

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  1. Do you think it was the perfect crime?

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Diagnostic test 4 

Name:                                                                           Group:

Total score: 60 points                                                   Gained score: 

    Directions: Please reread the text “Deadmike.com” and retell the story in your own words in a form of composition. 

    Points & Evaluation: Your composition will be evaluated on the basis of its content (50pts) and its mechanics and expression (10pts). 

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Diagnostic test 5 
 

Name:                                                                           Group:

Total score: 60 points                                                   Gained score: 

Multiple-choice questions (60 points: 3 points each) 

  1. Who wore ragged clothes?

     a) Milton Petrie             b) Hetty Green                c) man, who sold                              newspapers 

  1. Who is the most generous man in the world?

     a) Milton Petrie             b) Hetty Green                c) man, who sold                              newspapers 

  1. Who is the meanest woman in the world?

     a) Milton Petrie             b) Hetty Green                c) Carol 

  1. Who was the only child?

     a) Hetty Green            b) Caroll                c) Linda 

  1. Whose father was policeman?

     a) Hetty Green            b) Milton Petrie               c) Linda 

  1. What happened with ragged old man?

     a) died            b) became rich              c) became ill 
 

  1. Why did Milton Petrie like making a lot of money?

     a) to help people           b)to  become richer              c) for pleasure 

  1. When did Milton Petrie die?

     a) 1994            b) 2000             c) 2006 

  1. How many wives did Milton Petrie have?

     a) 3           b) 4            c) 5 

  1. What kind of policeman was Petrie’s father?

     a) cruel           b) mad            c) kind 

  1. Who was eating in the cheapest restaurants for 15 cents?

     a) Milton Petrie             b) Hetty Green                c) ragged man 

  1. What age did Hetty Green get married?

     a) 33           b) 35           c) 37

    

  1. How many children did Hetty Green have?

     a) 3           b) 2           c) 5 

  1. When did Hetty Green die?

     a) 1916           b) 1920           c) 2000 

  1. How much money did H. Green leave her children?

     a) 100 mln          b) 150mln            c) 200mln 

  1. What did H. Green’s daughter do with money?

    a) bought house           b) went to travel            c) built a hospital 

  1. Whose meanness was legendary?

     a) Hetty Green’s            b) Milton Petrie’s               c) Linda’s 

  1. Was H. Green’s Husband multimillionaire?

     a) yes                              b) no                              c) was not mentioned 

    19. Was Ned’s leg amputated?

    a) yes                              b) no                              c) was not mentioned 

  1. Who was poor in the childhood?

    a) Milton Petrie             b) Hetty Green                c) Linda 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

                                                


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