EMPLOYING SQ3R STRATEGY TO DEVELOP IRAQI EFL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' READING COMPREHENSION

Abstract

Reading comprehension refers to the mental process through which the students try to understand and comprehend what they read, and comprehension is the main purpose of reading. The present study aims at finding out the effect of using SQ3R strategy on improving  second year college students' reading comprehension. To achieve the aim of this study the researcher used (pre-posttest Experimental design).  Two sections of second year students are randomly selected and equalized in terms of several variables that may effect on the independent variable (SQ3R), which stands for the sample of the current study in the department of psychology at Wasit University during the academic year 2018/2019. An appropriate reading comprehension test (pre-post) and observation were constructed as a data collection tools to accomplish the aim of this study. The results of the this study showed that there is a statistical difference between the mean scores of the post test of  the experimental and control in favor of the experimental group, therefore the null hypothesis is rejected and proved the effectiveness of using SQ3R strategy in improving reading comprehension. The results of this study hoped to be beneficial to EFL teachers, researchers and syllables designers.