The Simplification of Complex Onsets in Khmer Loanwords in Thai

Abstract

The study examined the effects of mind mapping as a pre-reading technique on EFL learners’
reading comprehension. The participants were EFL learners at a language center. In each of the
10 treatment sessions, the mind mapping technique was used as a pre-reading activity and the
number of correct answers that each participant made was recorded. The results showed that
overall the treatment groups had better reading comprehension than the control groups.
A pre-test and a post-test were also utilized to see if the treatment groups could maintain their
reading comprehension gain after the experiment. It was found that both categories made
increases but the treatment groups outperformed the control groups