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The Degree of Reading Comprehension Achievement of Iranian Introvert and Extrovert EFL Learners under Online Education
Afsane Bararjani Khoshabi,Maryam Shahrokhi Shahraki
Abstract
This study was an attempt to investigate the effect of on-line education on reading comprehension of
extrovert and introvert EFL Learners due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end ,120 students were selected
from Shariati high school in Isfahan, Iran. Subjects were pre-intermediate level (N=120) all male with the
ranged age from 16-18 years. After taking an oxford placeman test (OPT), the participants also answered the
Eysenck personality questionnaire (EPQ) to be categories into two personality types of introverts and
extroverts. So, there were, two groups: 30 introverts and 30 extroverts. Both groups of students had pre and
posttests using a reading performance test. The results show that online education had statistically
significant effect on Iranian pre-intermediate EFL learners’ reading comprehension ability for both extroverts
and introverts. The results showed that extrovert learners outperformed significantly the introvert group in
improving reading ability. The findings of the study suggest some practical implications in terms of applying
technological tools in language teaching and learning in a foreign language context such as Iran. The
conclusion of the research recommends that there is a need for using new techniques for providing feedback
to EFL learners in reading, such as peer-review, Reading comprehension
Keywords
Online education, Reading comprehension, Extrovert, Introvert, EFL learners
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