A Descriptive study of the major problems that hinder EFL student's reading comprehension
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2015
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university of Oum-El-Bouaghi
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The present study aims at investigating the nature of reading comprehension difficulties, and reading strategies. It further aims to explore the major problems that stand behind students' reading comprehension. A descriptive study, has been carried out involving (30) students enrolled in classes of the first year LMD at Mila's university centre, all participants have been selected randomly, in order to discover which kind of difficulties that obstructs the students' reading comprehension. Also, (12) teachers from the same department, data obtained from the teachers' questionnaire are used to point out the common problems that face students while reading a piece of writing. Due to the importance of reading strategies, the present study based on the hypothesis that using the appropriate reading strategies helps the students to have a proficiency level in reading. The results of the study confirm the hypothesis, in the sense that the most of the students at the department of english face many problems in comprehension while reading because they read chaotically without the appropriate use of reading strategies.
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Teaching : reading comprehension