The relation between years of english instruction and the development of english reading and listening :a case study

Abstract

In this research the relation in the level of English language in two different schools was measured. This research was focused on two eighth grade classes in two different schools, in which ten students of each school were selected, naming the classes as group one and group two respectively. Group one had seven years of English instruction and group two three years. A sample was designed to measure two abilities: reading and listening comprehension to obtain the results and subsequently to analyze the results in order to know if there is a relation between the performances in both groups.