Okuma eğitiminde parçaların ana fikir yapılarını yansıtan grafik organizatörlerin kullanımı

This study investigated the effectiveness of discourse structure-based graphic organizers on intermediate level EFL students? reading comprehension of selected texts. The purpose of the study was to determine whether students who used discourse structure-based graphic organizers as a post-reading activity would perform better on post-test summaries compared to those who were involved in a discussion as a post-reading activity. This study also explored the attitudes of students towards the use of discourse structure-based graphic organizers in reading instruction.Two intact intermediate-level EFL classes at Uludağ University School of Foreign Languages participated in the study. The data were collected through the administration of four post-test summaries and a questionnaire that was in a Likert-scale format.The statistical analysis of the post-test scores revealed that the students who completed discourse structure-based graphic organizers as a post-reading activity performed significantly better in the post-test summaries of the four selected texts than the students who participated in discussion as a post-reading activity. The analysis of the participant students? responses to the attitude questionnaire showed that the students had mixed attitudes towards the utilization of discourse structure-based graphic organizers in reading instruction.