the impact of intensive vs. extensive reading on iranian advanced efl learners' knowledge of collocations / idiomatic phrasal-verbs

This research studies the effect of extensive vs. intensive reading on iranian advanced english language learners' knowledge of collocations (idiomatic phrasal-verbs). it aims to determine whether providing students with extensive or intensive reading might have any effect on iranian efl learners' knowledge of idiomatic phrasal-verbs or not. to answer the question, 60 advanced-level language learners from tehran technical and educational institute in chalus town participated in the study. the subjects took a standard opt test to demonstrate their english proficiency. they were also assigned to two experimental and comparison groups; 30 in each group. a collocation (idiomatic phrasal-verbs) pre-test was administered in each group. after 16 sessions of treatment a post-test of collocation (idiomatic phrasal-verbs) was administered again. the treatment comprised intensive reading for the experimental group, while the comparison group received extensive reading. the data were analyzed using independent samples t-test and paired sample t-test. the results showed that both groups were improved but the experimental group was improved more than comparison group, which was significantly different.