Investigating the Role of Literary Texts in Developing Students’ Reading Comprehension with Specific Reference to Grade Nine Students of Bole Community Secondary School
| dc.contributor.advisor | Beriso, Italo (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Belete, Yitagesu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-14T08:18:43Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-05T13:47:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-14T08:18:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-05T13:47:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The main objective of this study is to investigate the role of short stories for developing students’ reading comprehension. Hence, two groups of grade nine students learning at Bole Community secondary school were sampled for the purpose of this study. The students were then randomly divided into two groups– the control group and the experimental group. Both groups took identical Pre-Test which consisted of a selected reading passage from English for Ethiopia Grade Nine Text Book as well as a selected short story from the Brothers Grimm. Then, the control groups were taught by the researcher with the help of the text book and again the experiment group was taught by the researcher with the help of selected short stories from different books and internet materials. Then, the students were given similar post test to see if there is any difference after they have been taught with the help of the treatment. Moreover, at the end of the study the researcher distributed a questionnaire to the experimental group and asked the students to give their comment towards the short stories used with them to check their reflections towards the use of short stories. As the pre test descriptive and mean statistics and t-test output has indicated the experimental groups of students and the control groups of students have been at the same level. Since the p value of the result has indicated that there was no significant difference between the two groups of students it was observed that the two groups were at the same level at the beginning of the study. However, after applying the treatment of short stories, the experimental group of students performed better than the control group. The post test descriptive, mean statistics and t-test output indicates that there is significant difference between the two groups of the students. Since the p-value for the post test paired samples difference t -test significance (0.025) is lower than the standard significance level set at .05, it can be concluded that there is significant difference between the two groups of students. Therefore, since short stories can improve reading comprehension of students, it is recommended to apply them. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/16411 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Role of Literary Texts in Developing Students’ | en_US |
| dc.title | Investigating the Role of Literary Texts in Developing Students’ Reading Comprehension with Specific Reference to Grade Nine Students of Bole Community Secondary School | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |