Examining The Effect of the Independent Reading on Enhancing Undergraduate sust Levei Achiement in English

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating how can independent reading enhance the students’level of achievement,It also aimed at exposing teachers’beliefs,understandings and practices around the classroom use of independent reading.as well as to implant the idea of independent reading itself in students.while a review of the literacy research reveals numerous studies linking increased reading to gains in various aspects of reading achievement,questions remain regarding specific nature of the relationship between independent reading and student reading success. .A number of statistical techniques were adopted to analyze the results which reflected a noticeable improvement on the part of the experiment group.a pre-test exam was adopted to categorize the sample into two distinct groups,namely experiment and control droup.The pretest exam heavily concentrated on exploring the students’knowledge of independent reading.the population of the study was sixty undergraduate students from sudan university of science and technology.the study results revealed that the readers who read independently perform better and score higher marks in tests. Questionnaire for the tutors was also used as data collection techniques.judging by the results attained from the pre-and post tests,it could be safely admitted that the three hypotheses drawn out in the present research have been satisfactorily confirmed.The findings revealed that students’ level of achievement can be developed through intensive classroom independent reading program.The researcher concluded by some recommendations and suggestions for further studies