Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: This study aimed to determine the effects of top-down approach on an upper secondary students’ reading performance and explore students’ attitudes towards top-down approach in improving their reading skill. The participants of this study were 69 students, including 35 students in the experimental group taking top-down reading strategies and 34 students in the control group with conventional strategies. Reading comprehension test, summary writing test and a questionnaire were employed to measure students’ reading performance and students’ attitude towards their learning to read. The findings indicated that both groups gained a higher level of reading performance as well as a positive attitude toward reading. However, compared to the control group, the experimental group made a sharper increase in reading comprehension. Additionally, the results of students’ summary writing revealed that the top-down reading strategies contributed to the students’ quality of summary writing. Thus, the study strongly recommended that top-down reading strategies should be frequently taught and used to improve students’ reading comprehension.
Authors: Quoc Du Pham, Son Le Thach, Thi Phuong Nam Nguyen
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4408891135