The Potentials of Intertextuality to Improve  the Literacy Skills of Iranian EFL Students  the Literacy Skills of Iranian EFL Students

 

 

 

Table of Content

Abstract                                                                                                                        1

Acknowledgement                                                                                                       2

dedication                                                                                                                    3

Chapter One: Introduction                                                                                     6

1.1. Introduction                                                                                                         7

1.2. Statement of the Problem                                                                                   9

1.3. Significance of the Study                                                                                 11

1.4. Research Questions                                                                                          11

1.5. Research Hypotheses                                                                                       12

1.6. Definitions of the Key Terms                                                                          12

1.7. Limitations and Delimitations of the Study                                                  13

1.8. Organization of the study                                                                                14

Chapter Two: Review of Literature                                                                   15

2.1. Overview                                                                                                            16

2.2. Theoretical Perspective on Reading                                                              16

   2.2.1. Theoretical Models of Reading                                                                17

2.3. A review on text analysis (discourse analysis)                                            20

2.4. Intertextuality: Theoretical Definitions                                                        24

2.5. Intertextuality and text analysis                                                                     29

2.6. Empirical Studies on Reading Comprehension                                            31

2.7. Empirical Studies on Intertextuality                                                              33

Chapter Three: Methodology                                                                              36

3.1. Overview                                                                                                            37

3.2. Participant selection                                                                                         37

3.3. Major Variables and Instrumentation                                                            38

3.4. Procedures                                                                                                         38

3.5. A sample of Lesson plan for both Traditional and Experimental

Groups                                                                                                                        38

Chapter Four: Results & Discussion                                                                  43

4.1. Overview                                                                                                            44

4.2. Results                                                                                                                44

     4.2.1. Proficiency Test and the Performances of the Subjects                     44

     4.2.2. Research Questions                                                                                  46

4.3. Discussion                                                                                                          51

Chapter Five: Conclusions                                                                                    54

5.1. Overview                                                                                                            55

5.2. Summary                                                                                                            55

5.3. Conclusion                                                                                                         56

5.4. Pedagogical Implications                                                                                 56

5.5. Suggestions for Further Research                                                                   57

References                                                                                                                58

Appendices                                                                                                                69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

List of Tables and Figures

Table 4.1: descriptive statistics on Pre-test                                                              44

Table 4.2: Proficiency test and the performances of the two groups                    45

Table 4.3: Descriptive statistics of the Proficiency Test and the Performances

 of the two Groups                                                                                                         45

Table 4.4: Proficiency test and male and female performance                              46

Table 4.5: Descriptive statistics of the proficiency test and male and

female performance Std. Error Mean                                                                         46

Table 4.6. The result of Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test                                                47

Table 4.7. Descriptive statistics for gain scores in control and experimental

group                                                                                                                               48

Table 4.8: Independent sample test for gain scores in control and

experimental group                                                                                                       48

Table 4.9: Descriptive Statistics for the experimental group in terms of

 gender                                                                                                                            50

Table 4.10: Independent sample t-test in terms of gender in the experimental

 group                                                                                                                             50

Figure 4.1. Descriptive statistics for gain scores in control and experimental

 group                                                                                                                              49

Figure 4.2. Descriptive Statistics for the experimental group in terms of

gender                                                                                                                             50