THE IMPACT OF CONCEPT CHECKING QUESTIONS STRATEGY IN DEVELOPING IRAQI EFL PREPARATORY STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE IN READING COMPREHENSION

Abstract

The research aimed to investigate the impact of using concept checking questions strategy on developing Iraqi EFL Preparatory Students' Performance in Reading Comprehension. This study clarified a strategy to enhance student's understanding of English reading comprehension. In English teaching classroom, it is useful to use some strategies to enhance student's achievement in reading awareness effectively. Concept checking questions strategy can be employed in all classrooms learning process. The participants were assigned as experimental group(EX) and control groups(CG). The EG contained of (32) students taught by using Concept checking questions Strategy while th CG contained of (31) students are taught with the recommended approaches. In order to measure the participants' understanding, the present study used Google Classroom(GC)platform as an educational platform to
assist students during their learning process of the course, pre-test and post-test design and a satisfaction survey are adopted in this study. The sample of the study was (63) students intentionally selected from preparatory school in Iraq. In addition, there is a questionnaire is given to 60 English teachers to acquire more information about the effect of CCQs strategy used by the teacher on reading comprehension perception. The study revealed that using of CCQs strategy has had a great effect on the student's' performance in reading comprehension.