Table of Content
Dedication II
Abstract III
Acknowledgement IV
List of Abbreviation VII
List of figures and tables VIII
Chapter One: Introduction 1
- Introduction 2
- Statement of the Problem 5
- Significance of the Study 7
- Research Questions 8
- Research Hypotheses 9
- Definitions of the Key Terms 9
- Organization of the study 10
Chapter Two: Review of Literature 11
2.1. Overview 12
2.2.Theoretical Perspective on Reading 13
2.2.1.Theoretical Models of Reading 16
2.2.2.Skilled vs. Unskilled Readers 21
2.3.Discourse Analysis 26
2.3.1.Fairclough’s Three-Dimensional Model 28
2.3.2. Van Dijk’s Socio-cognitive Model 31
2.3.3. Wodak’s Discourse-Historical Approach 33
2.4. Empirical Studies on the Role of CDA in Reading Comprehension37
Chapter Three: Methodology 41
3.1. Overview 42
3.2. Participant selection 42
3.3. Materials
43
3.3.1.Nelson Proficiency Test 43
3.3.2.Reading Passages 43
3.3.3.Pretest and posttests 44
3.4.The Design of Study 45
3.5.Reliability of the Tools Utilized in the Study 46
3.6.Validity of the Tools Utilized in the study 47
3.7.Procedures 48
3.8.Data Analysis 49
Chapter Four: Results & Discussion 50
4.1. Overview 51
4.2. Statistical Method Employed 51
4.2.1.One-Sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test 51
4.2.2.Gain Score 52
4.2.3.Independent Sample T-test 52
4.3.Results 54
4.3.1.Pre-test and the Performance of Two Groups 54
4.4.Research Questions 56
4.5.Discussion57
Chapter Five: Discussion & Conclusions 64
5.1. Overview 65
5.2. Summary 65
5.3. Conclusion 66
5.4. Implications of the Study 67
5.5. Suggestions for Further Research 68
References 70
Appendices 78
List of Abbreviations
CDA: Critical Discourse Analysis
CLA: Critical Language Awareness
MR: Member Resources
LA: Language Awareness
MR: Member Recourse
List of figures and tables
Figure 2.1 Discourse Analysis
Figure 2.2 Fairclough’s (2001) Three-Dimensional Model
Figure2.3 Wodak’s Discourse-Historical Model
Figure 4.1 Results of gain scores in control and experimental group
Table 3.1 Critical Questions In Teaching Reading Comprehension
Table 4.1 Descriptive Statistics For Nelson Test
Table 4.2 Descriptive Statistics For Nelson Test: Experimental vs. Control
Table 4.3 The result of Kolmogorov-Smirnov test
Table 4.4 Descriptive Statistics for gain scores in control and experimental group
Table 4.5 Independent sample t-test for difference between gain scores in control and experimental group
