THE EFFECT OF USING L-1 ON IRANIAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY

This Study Aimed To Investigate The Effect Of Using L1 In Schema Activation Tasks On Reading Comprehension Ability Of Iranian High School Students. The Participants Were Selected From A Population Of High School Students Attending The Second Grade. An OPT Was Administered In Order To Level Off The English Proficiency Level Of The Subjects. Then, The Participants Were Divided Into Two Groups Of Experimental And Control Group. A Pre-Test Was Applied To Both Groups And The Results Were Recorded. During The Following Weeks The Researcher Provided The Experimental Group With The Treatment, Which Was Pre-Reading Tasks In Form Of Schema Activating Exercises In L1, And The Control Group With A Placebo, Which Was The Traditional Approach To Preparing Students For A Reading Passage With A Few Warm-Up Questions. The Treatment Lasted 10 Sessions At The End Of Which A Post-Test Was Administered. The Result Of The Post-Test And A Comparison With Those Of The Pretest Showed That There Was A Significant Change In The Performance Of The Experimental Group Which Lead To The Proving Of The Existence Of The Effect Of Pre-Reading Schema Activation Tasks On Reading Comprehension Ability.