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II INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF YOUNG RESEARCHERS 

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 Qafqaz University                         

          18-19 April 2014, Baku, Azerbaijan 

THE EFFECT OF COOPERATIVE READING STRATEGIES ON IMPROVING READING 

COMPREHENSION 

 

Kamal SHAYEGH

1*

, Elahe EBADI

2

,Parvana PASHAYEVA

3

, Shola BAYRAMOVA

4

, Gunay BABAKHANOVA

5

 

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Department of English Applied Linguistics, University of Jaen, Jaen, Spain 

2

Department of English Language, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar Branch, Iran 

3Department of General Linguistics, Baku State University, Baku, Azerbaijan 

4Department of English Language, Azerbaijan University of Languages, Baku, Azerbaijan 

5Department of English Language, Azerbaijan University of Languages, Baku, Azerbaijan 

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[e-mail] 

 

Finding an appropriate and effective way of teaching reading comprehension is always considered as one of the most 

important components of language learning by many researchers. The present study aims at investigating the effect of 

cooperative reading strategies on improving reading comprehension of Iranian Intermediate EFL learners. In this research, 

40 learners are selected from among 60 learners through administrating Nelson test. They are all intermediate learners 

randomly assigned in two groups of experimental and control. Having taken pretest, experimental group received treatment 

in cooperative reading strategies during 16 sessions whereas control group received traditional method. One week after the 

last session both groups received post test. Statistical results reveal that experimental group did much better than control 

group and consequently cooperative reading strategies were effective on improving their reading comprehension.