The Effect of Using Question - Based Discussion Technique on Iraqi EFL University Students' Achievement in English Short Story

Abstract

The study aims at measuring the effect of using Question - Based Discussion technique on Iraqi EFL University Students' Achievement in English short story. The sample of the study consists of second year university students / English Department / College of Education for Humanities / Tikrit University, during the academic year 2019-2020. It has been randomly chosen and has divided into two groups; the control group consists of (51) students while the experimental group consists of (52) students. The Question - Based Discussion technique is used with the experimental group, whereas the control group is taught by using the conventional method.An achievement test was carried out by the researcher herself to measure students' progress in the dependent variable of the study. The experiment lasted six weeks. The obtained results have shown that there are statistically significant differences between the achievements of the students of the two groups in favor of the experimental group.In the light of the results, some conclusions and recommendations are presented.