Effect of Conventional and digital Comic Strips on Iranian Young EFL Learners Reading Skill and Creativity (original) (raw)
Reading should be an active and fluent process in learning another language. Often, however, it is not. All learners who experience reading difficulties have comprehension problem. For many young learners, these comprehension problems might arise because of inaccurate or inefficient decoding and word recognition processes. Moreover, motivational factors also affect comprehension. This is because some young learners could comprehend simple word and sentences but have difficulty understanding longer texts. To make young learners to read Comic strips due to short sentences and picture accompanied are more attractive and seem easier to read for young learners. Furthermore, Digital comic strips have more educational benefits in addition of making reading attractive. They not only make young learners interested in reading but also make them enthusiastic to learn vocabulary and imperceptibly force them to check their grammar accuracy. So, by using Conventional comic strips and Digital comic strips young learner are expected to be more interested and having less problem in reading and reading comprehension. There are very little research which has focused on comics that not only improve reading comprehension but also enhance creativity. Visual illustration such as comics can help EFL students with comprehension. In addition to pictures, teachers can utilize comics to help students to make connection between key ideas. In this study, a new way for teaching and learning reading will be employed by using comics. However in Iranian school, especially primary school teacher hardly implement comics in order to teaching reading so the present study will investigate that how conventional and digital comic strips can improve reading comprehension on Iranian young students.
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