چکیده

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of collaborative learning activities on student attitudes towards reading comprehension and collaborative learning. Possible differences in attitudes in terms of gender and achievement level of students were also investigated. The study was conducted with one control and one experimental group and 40 students participated in the study. The teacher used collaborative learning activities for teaching experimental group and control group was taught, using traditional whole class methods. Questionnaires were given to both groups before and after the four-week treatment. Interviews were also conducted with an observer and several students. According to carful analyses, no significant differences after the treatment were found between the control group and the experimental group responses related to their attitudes towards reading comprehension and collaborative learning. In within-group comparison, however, the experimental group’s attitudes was significantly more negative, whereas no change was found in the control group. Gender and achievement level were found to have no significant influence on students’ attitudes towards collaborative learning. However, data collected from interviews, suggested that collaborative learning had positive effects on attitudes towards reading comprehension. Moreover, both the observer and the EFL learners reported positive attitude towards collaborative learning.

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Collaborative learning, EFL learners, Attitude, Reading Comprehension

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Neda Fatehi Rad , 1398 , On the Effectiveness of Collaborative Learning on Reading Comprehension Performance of EFL Learners , اولين کنفرانس بين المللي مطالعات زبان انگليسي