EFFICIENT EFL READING AT SUDANESE SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Abstract

A great deal has been written about reading, though most of it does not relate to the reading of a FL; and a great deal of research has been done, though its classroom applications are not always clear. The researcher cannot attempt complete coverage of such a vast topic, but he will discuss some of the current ideas about reading and see how they can be applied in the FL classroom.

This study concerns with improving teachers' mode in order to teach EFL reading efficiently and how our students read in an efficient and effective way. Therefore, it sheds the light on all aspects of EFL reading, the attitudes, training and experience of teachers and their effects on the performance of secondary school students. The study also investigates the views of experts about the means of teaching efficient EFL reading in the Sudanese secondary schools.

The subjects of this study consist of 15 secondary school teachers and 300 of their students in their 3rd class, studying at 15 different geographical schools in the state of Khartoum. In order to unite the economical and social status of the main sample (the students), there are five schools from each of the three provinces in the state of Khartoum. Randomly twenty students are tested from each school. The sample includes both male and female students.

The first chapter in this study is an introductory chapter where the theoretical framework of the study is presented.

Chapters 2 and 3 are reviews of the related literature. Previous studies that had been done about teaching efficient EFL reading and some methods and suggestions for improved EFL reading are presented and discussed.

Chapter 4 makes a pilot run for the test, the questionnaire and the interview where the validity and reliability of the test and the questionnaire are tested and calculated.

Chapter 5 consists of a report of an empirical study. Different statistical methods and tests such as a mean scores, standard deviations, correlation coefficients, t-tests, p-test, f-test and chi-test are used in the analysis of the data of the test and the questionnaire which are the instruments used for data collection.

Chapter 6, which is the concluding chapter, consists of a summary, conclusion, implications, recommendations and directions for further research.