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EFFECTS OF BLENDED LEARNING ON READING COMPREHENSION A CASE STUDY OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KASUR PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-II).06      10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-II).06      Published : Jun 2023

Effects of Blended Learning on Reading Comprehension: A Case Study of High School Students in Kasur, Pakistan

Abstract

    MALL has grown in ESL classes during the previous decade. Researchers may now study the pros and cons of blended learning (BL), which combines online and in-person education. This quasi-experimental research examined how BL affects reading comprehension. This research examined how blended learning (BL) affected students' writing comprehension. 60 Pakistani secondary school pupils were split into control and experimental groups. The experimental group used "Reading Comprehension" mobile phone software to merge traditional teaching with blended learning for two months. An independent samples t-test compared pre-and post-test results. BL improved reading comprehension in the research.

    Blended Learning, Mobile-Assisted Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Traditional Instruction

    (1) Muhammad Shoaib Mehmood
    MPhil Scholar, Department of English, Lahore Leads University Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Shahid Hussain Shahid
    Assistant Professor, Institute of Humanities & Arts, Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Arif Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of English Language & Literature, Institute of Linguistics & Humanities, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Mehmood, M. S., Shahid, S. H., & Khan, M. A. (2023). Effects of Blended Learning on Reading Comprehension: A Case Study of High School Students in Kasur, Pakistan. Global Educational Studies Review, VIII(II), 52-63 . https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-II).06

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    CHICAGO : Mehmood, Muhammad Shoaib, Shahid Hussain Shahid, and Muhammad Arif Khan. 2023. "Effects of Blended Learning on Reading Comprehension: A Case Study of High School Students in Kasur, Pakistan." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII (II): 52-63 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-II).06

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    HARVARD : MEHMOOD, M. S., SHAHID, S. H. & KHAN, M. A. 2023. Effects of Blended Learning on Reading Comprehension: A Case Study of High School Students in Kasur, Pakistan. Global Educational Studies Review, VIII, 52-63 .

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    MHRA : Mehmood, Muhammad Shoaib, Shahid Hussain Shahid, and Muhammad Arif Khan. 2023. "Effects of Blended Learning on Reading Comprehension: A Case Study of High School Students in Kasur, Pakistan." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII: 52-63

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    MLA : Mehmood, Muhammad Shoaib, Shahid Hussain Shahid, and Muhammad Arif Khan. "Effects of Blended Learning on Reading Comprehension: A Case Study of High School Students in Kasur, Pakistan." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII.II (2023): 52-63 Print.

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    OXFORD : Mehmood, Muhammad Shoaib, Shahid, Shahid Hussain, and Khan, Muhammad Arif (2023), "Effects of Blended Learning on Reading Comprehension: A Case Study of High School Students in Kasur, Pakistan", Global Educational Studies Review, VIII (II), 52-63

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Mehmood, Muhammad Shoaib, Shahid Hussain Shahid, and Muhammad Arif Khan. "Effects of Blended Learning on Reading Comprehension: A Case Study of High School Students in Kasur, Pakistan." Global Educational Studies Review VIII, no. II (2023): 52-63 . https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-II).06