Multimodal Discourse to Developing Students’ Academic Reading Comprehension: The Case of First Year Master Students in Applied Linguistics and ESP at Ouargla University

Abstract

The present study attempts to identify the extent to which multimodal discourse can develop the reading comprehension of First Year Master students in AL and ESP at Ouargla University. By adopting a descriptive method, the data were collected by means of questionnaire which was administered to a total number of 28 students. The data gathered were analysed using system known as SSPS. The results of this study showed that multimodal discourse develops the students’ academic reading comprehension.