A study " Reading difficulties in grade six learners and challenges faced by teachers in teaching reading" which conducted by Linda Mwanamukubi (2013) aimed to discover the factors that contribute to causing reading difficulties among the learners of grade six and the challenges faced by teachers in teaching reading. The sample contained 206 participants from 10 schools in Chadiza and Chipata districts of the Eastern province of Zambia by applying quantitative and qualitative research designs and
The aim of the current study was to investigate the reasons behind Saudi learners’ poor reading skills. To this end, the objectives were to identify the reading habits of Saudi English as a Foreign Language high school learners, to understand the extent to which Saudi high learners use reading comprehension skills and to explore the perceptions of learners, teachers and supervisors regarding Saudi learners’ reading abilities. The study sample consisted of 40 Saudi high school students, 30 teachers
of many students in Turkey, students might face some difficulties when learning the language. Due to the fact that this study is small-scale research, it does not represent the population of Turkey. In this research, six adult L2 learners demonstrate outstanding levels of difficulties or challenges in certain fields such as speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar and vocabulary. Each of the six students is aware of their own difficulties and weaknesses. The finding indicated that all students
Challenges of Dealing with Students with Reading Difficulties There are a lot of challenges facing the teachers while dealing with students with reading difficulties. The aim of reading is comprehension and many students with reading difficulties suffering from the lack of the aspect of comprehension which creates a big problem for teachers when teaching them . These challenges include teaching sounds, shortage of materials, and inadequate time that needs to teach reading and mother tongue. Lerner (2006)
James T.R. Jones’s autobiography, A Hidden Madness, highlights one man’s struggle with bipolar disorder. The book focuses on the difficulties encountered by those suffering from severe mental illness and the treatability of these disorders. Jones demonstrates that successful treatment is possible with the right support, treatment, and a positive outlook. Jones successfully accomplishes his goal of serving as an inspiration for anyone struggling with mental illness. This book stands as proof that
finding solutions to problems and organizing knowledge and building skills. Kafipour and Naveh state that it is crucial for students to recognize the meanings of the novel words in a reading text in order to comprehend it. Learners’ familiarity with the vocabulary learning strategies facilitates them to understand a reading text. This recognition of vocabulary learning strategies
popularity and importance all over the universe. Also word acquisition and identification of words rapidly as a skill is a major correlate of reading (Nathan & Stanovich, 1991). So students’ success with sight word recognition is a critical part in their achievement as lifelong readers (Weakland, 2013). This chapter is divided into two sections; theoretical framework and empirical research. In the theoretical framework, the researcher discussed about: the importance of reading, reading fluency, reading
faster through listening than reading. Listening is one of the four skills in English that EFL learners cannot easily develop it, as they find challenging to intelligible the target language when they should interact with
“Pronunciation is of vital importance to the second or foreign language (L2) learning due to at least three reasons. First, it enhances comprehensibility. Second, when the finite number of sounds, sound clusters, and intonation patterns is mastered, it enables infinite use. Third, it is of great assistance to those who have integrative motivation since with native-like pronunciation they will not be marked as foreigners. It can also be added that just as rich vocabulary, fluent reading, speech, and perfect
the world today, the place English language has earned as an international language is indisputable. Gaining access to loads of information that is at our disposal through journals and websites and TV channels, etc requires proficiency in English. Reading skill is one of the four basic skills needed to become a proficient language user. It is the combination of a long range of human mind processes working in harmony that helps us achieve understanding. A reader needs to simultaneously decode words