The studies on the integrating out of class materials with class materials mostly show the crucial role of this task for teachers and its benefits for students. This study investigated the effect of the integrating current issues of interest into class materials on students reading comprehension. The following question was proposed. Is relating current issues of interest to class materials useful on students achievement in reading comprehension? The study is performed at Islamic Azad University in Abhar with 60 participants--male and female-- who were majoring in ‘mechanical,’ ‘electrical’ and ‘industrial’ engineering. The subjects were randomly divided into two groups, each with 30 students. One of the groups was used as the experimental group (G1) and the other one as the control group (G2). The subjects were taught for two weeks and finally took an achievement test. After analyzing the results of the test, and by comparing the means of the scores using t-test, it was approved that integrating current out-of-class issues with class materials improves reading comprehension of students in English class at university.

Login Required

Please login to access the full PDF of this article.

🔑 Author Login