2.3. Procedure
2.3.1. Pre-test
To find that the learners were homogenous in general language ability and reading
comprehension, researcher administrated the test and the scores were one standard deviation
below and above the mean. The pretest scores revealed that the students were homogenous in
their reading ability.
2.3.2. Treatment
The learners in both bilingual and monolingual group were under treatment for eight weeks,
12 sixty -minute sessions. The researcher taught them in the classroom using textbooks,
extensive and intensive reading, and summarizing. They studied reading passages, and then
guided to do different activities (comprehension questions, quizzes, and vocabulary tests and
summarizing)