The Use of Suggestopediaas an Innovative Method for Increasing the English Reading Comprehension of Secondary School Students The Case of Second Year Students Scientific Stream at Al Amir Abd El kader Secondary School

Abstract

This academic research aims at investigating the effectiveness of Suggestopedia method in teaching narrative reading text for secondary school students and the teacher’s attitude towards applying this teaching method. The target population is the second year students and their EFL teachers at El Amir Abd-el-Kader secondary school, Touggourt during the academic year 2020/2021. To measure the used hypotheses in this research, some experimental design was chosen as well as teacher’s questionnaire in order to collect more data about the impact of suggestopedia method on students’ reading abilities. The students were exposed to pre-test, training sessions, and post-test. We opted for the pre and post tests with a group of 16 students. The questionnaire was administeredto three(3) English teachers. The obtained results revealed the great influence of suggestopedia in increasing the English reading abilities of secondary school students in addition to the change of classroom atmosphere and students motivation.Despite previous critical studies on the method, suggestopedia has re-emerged as a popular method for second language teaching and learning in the world.