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Title: Teaching Vocabulary and Reading Skills through Value and Etiquette-Based Texts in Foreign Language Classrooms: An Expedient Endeavor?
Language: English
Authors: Hassan Mollahossein (ORCID 0000-0001-6953-1115), Parviz Alavinia (ORCID 0000-0001-7539-775X), Sima Modirkhamene (ORCID 0000-0002-6758-2469)
Source: MEXTESOL Journal. 2025 49(3).
Availability: MEXTESOL Journal. Bernardo Couto 48, Col. Cuauhtemoc, Alcadía Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de Mexico, 06880, Mexico. Tel: +55-55-66-87-49; e-mail: mextesoljournal@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.mextesol.net/journal/
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 14
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
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Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Reading Skills, Reading Materials, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), College Students, Reading Comprehension, Program Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Values Education, Social Behavior, Behavior Standards, Gender Differences
Geographic Terms: Iran
ISSN: 2395-9908
Abstract: The present study explores the use of value-and-etiquette-based reading materials for enhancing language learners' reading comprehension and vocabulary acquisition. To achieve this, the study employed a "sequential explanatory mixed-methods design." Convenience sampling was used to select 73 B1 level language learners in two intact General English classes at Islamic Azad University, Urmia Branch in Iran as the participants of the study. Then, they were randomly assigned as an experimental group and a control group. Afterward, the researchers gave two pretests (reading and vocabulary), to both groups to discover their English level before the treatment sessions. The experimental group was provided with value-based and etiquette-awareness-raising instruction through reading comprehension texts with topics of values and etiquette as the main treatment of the study during a four-month period. Finally, the researchers administered the reading and vocabulary skills posttests to each group. The results revealed that the value-andetiquette-based reading materials did not significantly expedite the learners' reading skills and did not change their attitudes towards the development of this skill, even though they had a beneficial impact on the learners' vocabulary learning and prompted them to adopt positive attitudes towards this aspect of the target language. The research suggested that offering guiding principles on the value-and-etiquette-based approach to language teaching in foreign language settings would be beneficial for EFL teacher educators, syllabus designers, and teachers.
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Entry Date: 2025
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