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Factors Responsible for Poor English Reading Comprehension at Secondary Level

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The present study shows factors responsible for poor English reading comprehension at secondary school level students. The purpose of this study is to explore those factors and to suggest remedies how to strengthen English reading comprehension of the students. English is the 2nd language of Pakistani students and Kachru (1996) places it in the outer circle. Test and interviews are conducted to get the data. Different factors like poor command of vocabulary, habit of cramming, no interest to learn creativity in reading but the sole goal is just to pass the examination which are found responsible for poor English reading comprehension. Motivation to learn reading can develop reading comprehension skill of students.

Published in Communication and Linguistics Studies (Volume 1, Issue 1)
DOI 10.11648/j.cls.20150101.11
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English Reading, Comprehension, Language Teaching Methodology

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  • Department of English, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan

  • Department of English, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan

  • Department of English, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan

  • Department of English, College of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

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