The Effect of Using Flipped Class on Teaching Reading Comprehension at Cihan University

Reading comprehension is one of the important skills of language learning, there are many methods that are used to develop this skill such as flipped classroom. Flipped class has been used to teach different topics and it proved to be effective in many fields. Thus, this study aims to explore the effect of flipped class on improving reading comprehension skills for Kurdish and Arabic EFL at China University-Erbil. Hence, the main question of this study is to figure out whether implementing flipped class on EFL will improve their reading comprehension skills? Will it develop the students reading abilities including both levels “elementary and intermediate?” In addition, to which level of students is more applicable? According to the mentioned questions, it is presupposed that flipped class has more positive results in teaching reading comprehension skills than the tradition class. This is due to the fact that the student will have access to online facilities and internet to gain further information about the topic before the class. Thus, it is assumed that it will improve Kurdish and Arabic EFL reading comprehension skills including both levels “Elementary and intermediate.” However, it is presumed that the flipped class will have a greater impact on intermediate level than on elementary level. To answer the aforementioned questions, two groups of students were chosen; the controlled group and traditional group. Both groups had pre-test (to evaluate their English proficiency) then they participated in different sessions (traditional and flipped class). After conducted all the sessions, results were analyzed. It is believed that teaching with flipped class is more effective and comes out with more positive outcomes than the traditional class teaching. Reading comprehension is one of the important skills of language learning, there are many methods that are used to develop this skill such as flipped classroom. Flipped class has been used to teach different topics and it proved to be effective in many fields. Thus, this study aims to explore the effect of flipped class on improving reading comprehension skills for Kurdish and Arabic EFL at China University-Erbil. Hence, the main question of this study is to figure out whether implementing flipped class on EFL will improve their reading comprehension skills? Will it develop the students reading abilities including both levels “elementary and intermediate?” In addition, to which level of students is more applicable? According to the mentioned questions, it is presupposed that flipped class has more positive results in teaching reading comprehension skills than the tradition class. This is due to the fact that the student will have access to online facilities and internet to gain further information about the topic before the class. Thus, it is assumed that it will improve Kurdish and Arabic EFL reading comprehension skills including both levels “Elementary and intermediate.” However, it is presumed that the flipped class will have a greater impact on intermediate level than on elementary level. To answer the aforementioned questions, two groups of students were chosen; the controlled group and traditional group. Both groups had pre-test (to evaluate their English proficiency) then they participated in different sessions (traditional and flipped class). After conducted all the sessions, results were analyzed. It is believed that teaching with flipped class is more effective and comes out with more positive outcomes than the traditional class teaching.