Exploring Teachers’ Perceptions of SMILE Series (Book Two) in Developing Reading Skill among Basic School Learners

Abstract

This study aimed at exploring teachers’ perception of SMILE Series (book two) in developing reading skill among basic school learners. This study adopted descriptive analytical method, in order to examine the hypotheses, the researcher used a questionnaire as a tool for data collection. The sample were randomly distributed to (70) EFL teachers from different basic schools level in Bahri locality. The data were analyzed statistically by using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). The researcher came up with main findings that using effective techniques in reading activities motivate young learners to develop their reading skill, and using practice reading strategies encourage young learners in improving their vocabulary . The researcher presented some recommendation that EFL teachers should attend professional training on how to teach young learners English language skills. Furthermore the National center for curricula and educational research should design new curriculum for grade one at basic level. In addition some suggestions for further studies in this field were made.