The Degree of Reading Comprehension Achievement of Iranian Introvert and Extrovert EFL Learners under Online Education

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. Copyright © 2022, Anka Publishers. All rights reserved.