حوليات الآداب واللغات
Volume 2, Numéro 1, Pages 66-92
2014-10-15

Best Practices In Enhancing Critical Reading Among Efl Lmd

Authors : Bouazid Mr Tayeb .

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to examine and investigate to what extent university fresh learners could read critically and respond to what they read namely literary texts and material. The study unveiled the different constraints learners faced when reading. Learners proved to be unable to use critical reading strategies when experiencing a short storyBest Practices in Enhancing Critical Reading Among EFL LMDTayeb Bouazid 67 entitled An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce. The study concerns 25 first yearLMD students of mixed genders. The data were gathered through the teachers' observation grids, the interaction with the students throughout the classroom various activities, the assigned works and learners' feedback in the class and at home. The findings indicated that all twenty five participants responded at varying rates ranging between those who managed using some critical reading strategies as reading between and behind the lines, interpreting, analyzing, inferring, and evaluating and those who did not succeed and faced constraints at a deep level reading. The study recommended teachers to implement critical reading strategies to promote sound reading and to enhance the quality of education. Students need to be more familiarized with the assets of reading critically so as to pave their ways for more expressive reading skills

Keywords

Critical reading, implementing critical reading strategies, reading between and behind the lines