LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 21:7 July 2021
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Impact of the Extensive Reading Texts on the Writing Performance at
English Department, Faculty of Education, Balkh/ Herat Universities

Halima Rahmani and Bahramuddin Hamidi

Abstract

Both reading and writing skills play essential roles in second language teaching and learning .The aim of this research is to find out the impacts of extensive reading on the writing performance in the English departments of Balkh and Herat universities. This research was carried out with a quantitative research design by using a survey methodology to collect data about the participants’ learning. For achieving the aim of this research 60 students of Balkh and Herat Universities were selected. The participants chosen randomly. 30 of them were male and 30 of others were female. There were 10 close-ended questions and three open-ended questions. This study indicates that the extensive reading may have a significant positive effect on students writing performance.

Keywords: Extensive reading, writing performance, Balkh and Herat universities, participants, reading and writing, second language.

Introduction

Language is the most important means of communication in our life because it helps us to communicate with each other. English is very important now because it is international language. There are four skills in English language to be learned, namely, listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Reading and listening become receptive skills. Speaking and writing become productive skills. As receptive skills, listening and reading are used in getting data.

Reading is a reasoning under the actuation of printed page and is viewed as a psycho phonetic foreseeing amusement. It must be perceived that reading as a receptive skill in written mode as well. As productive skills speaking and writing are valuable for creating and passing information. Writing is a productive skill in written mode. As Aida & Widiyati (2020) stated that when we talk about writing there is generally two path refinement of writing: institutional and individual writing. Institutional writing incorporates course books, reports, applications, business correspondence through individual writing covers individual letters and creative writing.

Furthermore, the researchers realized that most students unconsciously ignore eh supportive role of reading in writing. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the impacts of reading on the students writing performance.

Research Questions

1. What is the relationship of extensive reading and English proficiency, in particular, writing ability?

2. How do the reading teachers perceive extensive reading and its implementation in their reading class?

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Senior Teaching Assistant (Pohanmal) Halima Rahmani
Lecturer in English Department of Education Faculty at Herat University


Junior Teaching Assistant (Pohanyar) Bahramuddin Hamidi
Lecturer in English Department of Education Faculty at Balkh University, Afghanistan
bahramidin.hamidi@gmail.com
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