The impact of Cyberhunt on the reading comprehension level in English language teaching

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of the Cyberhunt activities and the methods in the current curriculum on students' reading and comprehension level in English. This study was conducted using the quasi-experimental design. Participants of this study consisted of 32 fifth grade students who are studying in a secondary school from Çilimli district of Düzce province in 2017-2018 academic year. The simple present tense test was applied to the students as pre-test and post-test to determine whether the initial conditions were equal before the test process and whether the method used in the foreign language lessons in the experimental and control groups was effective after the application process. Dependent samples t-test, independent samples t-test and regression analysis were applied on the scores of the students in experimental and control groups. As a result of the analyzes made, there was a significant difference between the post-test scores of the experimental group students who are studying English language courses with Cyberhunt activities and the control group students who are studying the foreign language courses with the methods in the current curricurulum in favor of the experimental group. It was also found that the Cyberhunt is a significant predictor of reading comprehension level. In addition, as a result of the independent samples t-test made on the final test scores of the students in the experimental group, the achievement levels of the students have no difference according to gender. Keywords: Cyberhunt, English languge teaching, English language learning, English language teaching