Improving EFL Students' Self-regulation in Reading English Using a Cognitive Tool

dc.creator	Yaser Khajavi
dc.creator	Reza Abbasian
dc.date	2013-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:07:08Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:07:08Z
dc.identifier	1305-578X
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/f60e0754fdba47aeb75e2440c3fc0dde
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/10989
dc.description	Problem Statement: One of the techniques which recently have attracted attention of researchers is concept mapping. Although, there are a number of researches investigating the influence of concept mapping technique on different skills e.g. reading, writing and etc, there are quite few studies on the effect of concept maps on motivational factors which are influential in students' success in reading such as self-regulation.Purpose of Study: This paper strives to investigate if concept mapping as a cognitive tool could contribute to improving self-regulation of students in a reading course.Methods: To fulfill the aim of the study, sixty university students from one of the universities in Iran were randomly assigned to two groups: one experimental (concept mapping) and the other control (conventional method).Findings and Results: Results revealed that there was a significant difference between the two groups with students in the experimental group outperforming those in the control group on self-regulation in reading. Conclusion and Recommendations: The findings of the present study clearly demonstrated that the use of concept mapping strategy in teaching reading comprehension benefited Iranian EFL students who are at the intermediate level of language proficiency. The findings of the study have implications for teaching reading nationally and globally.
dc.language	English
dc.language	Turkish
dc.publisher	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies
dc.relation	http://www.jlls.org/vol9no1/206-222.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1305-578X
dc.source	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 206-222 (2013)
dc.subject	self-regulation
dc.subject	concept mapping
dc.subject	reading
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Improving EFL Students' Self-regulation in Reading English Using a Cognitive Tool
dc.type	article