Reading Comprehension Strategy (CSR) and Learners’ Comprehension: A Case Study of FLD Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of Strategic Reading, specifically the Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) on Taif University. The participants are students from classes of English at the Department of Foreign Languages, of Arts College. The data mainly came from statistical results, including the questionnaire responses. The findings of CSR will be explored to find out the effect, positive or negative on the Taif university learners' reading comprehension particularly in relation to the comprehension questions on getting the main idea and finding the supporting details. The findings of the study will be used to suggest implementing better comprehension strategy instruction for the learners to adopt some degree of strategic reading behaviours, and to take long-term efforts and practices for EFL learners to fully develop their strategic reading abilities.The present paper is an effort to deliver a base for better understanding the relationship between reading comprehension and reading strategies. The results of this paper will be implemented for better reading strategy instruction at Taif University, KSA.Keywords: Comprehensions strategy instruction, Collaborative strategic reading (CSR), Reading comprehension Literature ReviewESL researchers have stressed the importance of training language learners to perform as conscious readers. Paris et al. (1983) emphasized that developmental inability or poor learning can cause failure to enhance learning to be a strategic reading, which will not promote reading comprehension, and "failure to be a strategic (p.293). Palincsar & Brown (1984) recommend that strategic reading helps students, especially low-achieving learners, avoid comprehension breakdown and improve their preservation of the text. Koda (2004) highlight that strategic reading can not only make up for learners' comprehension shortage but also increase their vital thinking. Pressley (2006) thinks that second language learners should go through be taught strategic reading all the way through overt instruction. Janzen & Stoller (1998) continue saying that strategic reading instruction is worthwhile to both second language learners and their instructors. They argue that it enhance learners' independence and self-understanding of the meaning constructing development and it also get ready students for academic tasks. They also point out that reading strategy instruction provides a resourceful technique for teachers to motivate students' participation in their learning and teach them how to read efficiently.Though a large number of research, such as of Huang, 2004;Klingner et al., 1998;Standish, 2005;Wang, 2008, have supported the positive impact of CSR on primary and secondary ESL and EFL learners' reading comprehension, learning motivation and English acquisition -but not in any EFL university settings. This would give a chance for a research to be conducted on the Taif University students. Questions rose whether younger learners rather than adult learners such as university stude...

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