Preparing Students for

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• Preparing Students for
• Reading Comprehension Tests
• An Action Research Project Proposal
• Dr. Nellie Deutsch

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Action Research Project Proposal

• The Problem Statement
• Grade nine EFL students lack the skills to cope
  with reading comprehension tests.

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Action Research Project Proposal

• Purpose
• Determine the causes
• Build a workable curriculum program
• Provide students with test taking techniques
• Improve student scores

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Action Research Project Proposal

• Background Description
• Population
• Work Setting
• Writers Role

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• Problem Documentation
• Two Surveys
• Online Questionnaires
• Students
• Parents
• Teachers
• Offline Questionnaires
• Students

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• Survey Results
• (Before Intervention)
• QuestionPro Online Survey Program
• http//www.questionpro.com/akira/ShowResults?id16
  1974

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• Students What thoughts do you have during
  the test?

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• Teachers ESL/EFL students are anxious
  during
• reading comprehension tests in English.

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Teachers ____ of my ESL/EFL students are/were
anxious during reading comprehension tests.
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• Parents My daughter/son gets anxious when
  there
• is reading comprehension test in school.

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Parents Reading strategies would improve
reading comprehension in English.
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Teachers ESL/EFL students would
benefit from relaxation exercises before
reading comprehension tests.
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• Literature Review
• Brief summary
• Problem
• Solution

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• Solution Strategy
• Reading Comprehension Test Taking Skills
• 12 Week Curriculum Program
• Reading Strategies
• Test Taking and Relaxation Techniques

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• Reading Strategies
• General Layout
• Paragraph Introduction, body and conclusion
• Type of writing letter, report, description,
  persuasion
• Skimming and scanning Numbers, capital letters

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• Test Taking Techniques
• Relaxation Exercises
• Mindfulness Present
• Breathing Counting to 10
• Color Visualization and Chakras
• Self-talk Positive affirmations
• Time
• Organization

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• Results
• Student scores before and after the 12-week
  implementation

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• Audience Feedback
• Questions
• Comments

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• Recommendations
• Needs Assessment Survey
• Questionnaire on test taking anxiety
• Questionnaire on reading strategies
• Action research project
• Comparison of grades before and after test taking
  and reading strategies curriculum program

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• Thank You !