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The effects of pre-reading activities on middle school students’ English reading comprehension

This study examines the effects of pre-reading activities on middle school students’ reading comprehension of English texts. The pre-reading activities were limited to two types including teaching vocabulary and showing information through the internet. It states as its specific research questions: (1) Do the pre-reading activities have any influence on the readers’ comprehension? (2) If so, what types of pre-reading activities affect reading comprehension? In order to answer the questions, three classes in the third grade of a middle school were chosen as subjects of this research. Two classes were assigned as experimental groups and the other as a control group. The experimental groups performed each pre-reading activity (teaching vocabulary or showing information through the Internet), before reading the texts. The findings of this study were as follows: (1) The pre-reading activities led the readers to improve their reading comprehension significantly. (2) The reading comprehension was not affected by the types of pre-reading activities. According to the findings, it can be concluded that overall pre-reading activities related to the learners’ reading comprehension have a desirable influence on reading.