The study investigates the impact of locally-relevant and culturallyfamiliar reading texts with graded vocabulary in enhancing interest and motivation among the L3 students of Ibra College of Technology who study English as a foreign language. Two texts with two different contents (local and global) with post-reading activities were given to two groups of L3 containing a total of 31 students and later a close-ended questionnaire was administered to collect their feedback. The findings of the study showed that majority of the students preferred the locallyrelevant text since they found the text more appealing and easy- tocomprehend due to proximity principle and simpler vocabulary. It was observed that the contents of prescribed textbooks were quite unfamiliar and the target vocabulary was far beyond their grasp. This pilot study was conducted to verify the aforementioned assumptions and test the workability of the proposed solution i.e. culturally familiar supplementary reader.
The study investigates the impact of locally-relevant and culturallyfamiliar reading texts with graded vocabulary in enhancing interest and motivation among the L3 students of Ibra College of Technology who study English as a foreign language. Two texts with two different contents (local and glo...
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Oman Journal of ELT