Teaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran (TELLSI) Journal of new advances in English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics 2676-2927 2 1 2020 03 01 An Investigation of Gender Differences in L2 Reading Accuracy and Fluency among Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners 259 280 101153 EN Ehsan Namaziandost Department of English, Faculty of Humanities, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran 0000-0002-8393-2537 Ava Imani University of Isfahan, Iran Reza Banari Department of English, Baghmalek Branch, Islamic Azad University, Baghmalek, Iran Goodarz Shakibaei Department of English, Faculty of Humanities, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran Journal Article 2019 11 10 This study aimed to investigate gender differences in L2 reading accuracy and fluency among Iranian intermediate EFL learners. Initially, Oxford Quick Placement Test was administered to the 70 participants to assure homogeneity in terms of overall language proficiency and accordingly, 28 male and 28 female learners were identified as the legitimate participants who had been interviewed on 8 reading passages taken from Active Skills for Reading, Book 1 by Anderson (2008), and Top Notch, level 1 A by Saslow and Ascher (2007). The reading of the participants was recorded and subsequently analyzed by two raters based on the fluency and accuracy measurement criteria (Jenkins, Fuchs, Broek, Espin, & Deno, 2015). Inter-rater reliability was established for both the fluency and accuracy (.896 and .908, respectively). Having finished the analysis of the participants’ performance, the findings showed that female participants outperformed the males in terms of fluency while males were superior in terms of accuracy. Finally, implications arising from the findings and suggestions for further research were explained. https://www.jeltal.ir/article_101153_c1157e014cb8cbad68dc66c95cbd1f1b.pdf