FLUENCY DEVELOPMENT LESSON: EFFECTIVENESS OF IT IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGE AND SOCIOCULTURAL CONTEXT

Abstract

In this research, we explored whether or not fluency development lesson had positive effects on the students’ reading fluency, reading comprehension and listening comprehension. This study used quasi-experimental method and was conducted in 2011-2012 school year in Turkey’s Kirsehir province. A total of 29 third-grade students studying at a public elementary school constituted the research sample. Prior to the intervention and after the intervention, the students’ reading fluency, reading comprehension, and listening comprehension were measured. The research findings showed that fluency development lesson had positive and significant effects on improving the students’ word recognition automaticity, reading comprehension, and listening comprehension.