The Use of Reading Strategies in Improving Reading Comprehension The case of First Year LMD English Students

Abstract

Reading in foreign language is considered one of the most challenging and difficult tasks that most of EFL learners face. Due to the complexity of this skill, many students suffered from reading for their failure in the achievement of reading comprehension. For these reasons, the main purpose of this research is to make EFL learners aware of reading dealing with some effective strategies that will help them to overcome their difficulties in reading comprehension. In this research work, the hypothesis states that the practice of First year English students in using these strategies of reading appropriately; they will be able to achieve comprehension in reading easily. To test this hypothesis, it was administered questionnaire and practical exercises to students in order to collect data about their use of these strategies and their ability to achieve comprehension in reading. The obtained data from questionnaire and practical exercises indicate that students’ problems in reading can be avoided to achieve comprehension in reading effectively; that means some of these students understand what they read by their appropriate use of reading strategies. Furthermore, the data suggested that there are students still faced some problems in reading for their lack and misuse of reading strategies correctly.