The Effect Of Fluency Oriented Reading Instructionon EFL Students’Reading Fluency And Comprehension

Abstract

This paper discusses and examines the effects of a fluency reading instruction cycle onstudents' progress in there ading skill. To reach this objective, the study implemented the Fluency Oriented Reading Instruction (FORI) approach, a research-based integrated fluency routine framework, to determine if the components of reading fluency (automaticity, word recognition accuracy, prosody, and comprehension) improve. The present research was conductedatthe department of English in the ENS-C where an experimental pretest-posttest with control group design was used. Pretest and posttests of reading fluency, reading comprehension and reading prosody were administered, and a t test was used to compare the means of correct word per minute (CWPM), prosody, and comprehension within an experimental group and a control group. The results indicated that the FORI is an effective approach to improve students'reading fluency and comprehension as demonstrated by CWPM improvement, prosody gains, and comprehension achievements as well.

Developing Reading Fluency:, Insights Into The Effective Fluency Instruction

“…Non-fluent readers read in a labored, disconnected fashion with a focus on decoding at the word level which makes comprehension difficult (ibid). Opposite to, comprehending what is being read is one of the main distinguishing characteristics of fluent readers (Rasinski, 2006a;Kuhn et al, 2010;Bouguebs, 2017). When observing their reading behaviors, one can easily distinguish fluent from non-fluent readers.…”

“…FORI reading program is proved as an efficient fluency instruction and as an effective literacy program either in L1 setting (Stahl & Heubach, 2005;Kuhn et al, 2006;Thornton, 2008;Turner, 2010), or in EFL setting (Bouguebs, 2017). Kuhn and his associates (2006) observed the effects of FORI and Wide-Reading Instruction on reading fluency of second-grade students.…”

“…FORI ameliorates comprehension skills and encourages students to engage in a critical reading. Since comprehension is at the forefront, the implementation of some comprehension strategies during reading like predicting, making inferences, and drawing conclusions allow students to experience improvement in their comprehension skills (Bouguebs, 2017). Many participants in the FORI conditions reaffirmed that they adopted a new way of reading (Bouguebs, 2018).…”

The Effect of Using Repeated Reading Strategy Toward Students’ Reading Comprehension

“…Before using any strategies a teacher needs to understand the characteristic of the students. For example, repeated reading is good to improve reading comprehension (Bouguebs, 2005). Thus, in this occasion researcher assumes that repeated reading strategy is appropriate to solve reading comprehension's problems above.…”

Coeficiente de Progressão da Fluência de Leitura no Acompanhamento de Escolares do Ensino Fundamental I

“…A relação entre a fluência de leitura e o desempenho escolar tem se tornado alvo de estudo de diversos pesquisadores. Isso porque acredita-se que a fluência de leitura esteja relacionada a um processo eficiente de aprendizagem, caracterizando uma boa alfabetização e proficiência na leitura (Alves et al, 2015;Bouguebs, 2017;Celeste et al, 2018). A fluência de leitura está diretamente ligada à compreensão, por isso é fundamental que seja ensinada e avaliada durante todo o Ensino Fundamental (Ramus, 2015).…”