http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-IV).20
10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-IV).20
Published : Dec 2019
Effect of Teaching Reading Strategies on the Students' Reading Comprehension
Reading is an important tool for getting access to information which provides a base to the learning process. Comprehension is a basic pre-requisite for reading to be meaningful. Various reading strategies have been associated with better reading comprehension. The current experimental study conducted in the Pakistani context explored the effect of teaching reading strategies on reading comprehension of students in the subject of English at the higher secondary school level. The experimental pretest-posttest equivalent research design was adopted to conduct the study. The sample consisted of 60 higher secondary school students of a private girls college in Mansehra, Pakistan. Findings indicate that teaching reading strategies have a positive impact on the reading comprehension of students at the higher secondary level. The study has important implications for teachers, students, curriculum planners, policymakers in the field of education and school leaders.
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(1) Malik Abdul Shakoor
Ph.D. Scholar,Department of Education, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Muhammad Ilyas Khan
Assistant Professor, Department of Education,Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Muhammad Imran Iqbal Majoka
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
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APA : Shakoor, M. A., Khan, M. I., & Majoka, M. I. I. (2019). Effect of Teaching Reading Strategies on the Students' Reading Comprehension. Global Social Sciences Review, IV(IV), 157-164. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-IV).20
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CHICAGO : Shakoor, Malik Abdul, Muhammad Ilyas Khan, and Muhammad Imran Iqbal Majoka. 2019. "Effect of Teaching Reading Strategies on the Students' Reading Comprehension." Global Social Sciences Review, IV (IV): 157-164 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-IV).20
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HARVARD : SHAKOOR, M. A., KHAN, M. I. & MAJOKA, M. I. I. 2019. Effect of Teaching Reading Strategies on the Students' Reading Comprehension. Global Social Sciences Review, IV, 157-164.
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MHRA : Shakoor, Malik Abdul, Muhammad Ilyas Khan, and Muhammad Imran Iqbal Majoka. 2019. "Effect of Teaching Reading Strategies on the Students' Reading Comprehension." Global Social Sciences Review, IV: 157-164
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MLA : Shakoor, Malik Abdul, Muhammad Ilyas Khan, and Muhammad Imran Iqbal Majoka. "Effect of Teaching Reading Strategies on the Students' Reading Comprehension." Global Social Sciences Review, IV.IV (2019): 157-164 Print.
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OXFORD : Shakoor, Malik Abdul, Khan, Muhammad Ilyas, and Majoka, Muhammad Imran Iqbal (2019), "Effect of Teaching Reading Strategies on the Students' Reading Comprehension", Global Social Sciences Review, IV (IV), 157-164
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TURABIAN : Shakoor, Malik Abdul, Muhammad Ilyas Khan, and Muhammad Imran Iqbal Majoka. "Effect of Teaching Reading Strategies on the Students' Reading Comprehension." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. IV (2019): 157-164. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-IV).20