The Effect of A Suggested Metacomprehension Based Strategy in Enhancing EFL Critical Reading Skills and Reading Preferences of Secondary Stage Students.

Abstract

The current study was conducting to investigate the effect of suggested metacomprehension based strategy on enhancing some EFL critical reading skills and reading preferences of secondary stage students from Gamal Abdel Naser Secondary School for Girls in the academic year 2021/2022. They were equally divided into experimental and control groups. The researcher adopted the quasi-experimental design where the experimental group received instruction using the suggested metacomprehension strategy to enhance their critical reading skills and reading preferences. On the other hand, students in the control group received their regular instruction. The instruments of the study included a critical reading test and a reading preferences questionnaire .Results indicated that there was a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the experimental group (taught through the suggested metacomprehension based strategy) and the control group on the post administration of both the critical reading test and the reading preferences questionnaire favoring the experimental group .