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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EFFECTIVENESS OF PAKISTANI AND FOREIGN SHORT STORIES IN TEACHING READING SKILLS TO PAKISTANI ADVANCED EFL STUDENTS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-I).56      10.31703/grr.2019(IV-I).56      Published : Mar 2019

A Comparative Study of Effectiveness of Pakistani and Foreign Short Stories in Teaching Reading Skills to Pakistani Advanced EFL Students

Abstract

    Reading is a critical language skill that is likely to develop better in nonnative learners if they are provided text related to their own culture rather than the native or foreign culture. This study aimed to explore the influence of Pakistani short stories on the reading comprehension of Pakistani EFL learners of advanced level. A group of students of Advanced Diploma was taught reading skills with the help of three foreign and three Pakistani English short stories. They were administered tests on the basis of respective stories to study the difference in the development of reading comprehension. The result revealed a massive difference as the learners performed markedly better in the exercises based on the Pakistani short stories.

    Pakistani, Foreign Short Stories, Education, EFL

    (1) Tahira Malik
    Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Ubaidullah Khan
    Lecturer, Department of English Language & Applied Linguistics, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Shamim Ara Shams
    Karakoram International University, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Malik, T., Khan, U., & Shams, S. A. (2019). A Comparative Study of Effectiveness of Pakistani and Foreign Short Stories in Teaching Reading Skills to Pakistani Advanced EFL Students. Global Regional Review, IV(I), 523-536. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-I).56

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Malik, Tahira, Ubaidullah Khan, and Shamim Ara Shams. 2019. "A Comparative Study of Effectiveness of Pakistani and Foreign Short Stories in Teaching Reading Skills to Pakistani Advanced EFL Students." Global Regional Review, IV (I): 523-536 doi: 10.31703/grr.2019(IV-I).56

HARVARD

    HARVARD : MALIK, T., KHAN, U. & SHAMS, S. A. 2019. A Comparative Study of Effectiveness of Pakistani and Foreign Short Stories in Teaching Reading Skills to Pakistani Advanced EFL Students. Global Regional Review, IV, 523-536.

MHRA

    MHRA : Malik, Tahira, Ubaidullah Khan, and Shamim Ara Shams. 2019. "A Comparative Study of Effectiveness of Pakistani and Foreign Short Stories in Teaching Reading Skills to Pakistani Advanced EFL Students." Global Regional Review, IV: 523-536

MLA

    MLA : Malik, Tahira, Ubaidullah Khan, and Shamim Ara Shams. "A Comparative Study of Effectiveness of Pakistani and Foreign Short Stories in Teaching Reading Skills to Pakistani Advanced EFL Students." Global Regional Review, IV.I (2019): 523-536 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Malik, Tahira, Khan, Ubaidullah, and Shams, Shamim Ara (2019), "A Comparative Study of Effectiveness of Pakistani and Foreign Short Stories in Teaching Reading Skills to Pakistani Advanced EFL Students", Global Regional Review, IV (I), 523-536

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Malik, Tahira, Ubaidullah Khan, and Shamim Ara Shams. "A Comparative Study of Effectiveness of Pakistani and Foreign Short Stories in Teaching Reading Skills to Pakistani Advanced EFL Students." Global Regional Review IV, no. I (2019): 523-536. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-I).56