Investigating the Effect of Explicit Teaching on Developing Reading Sub- Skills.

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the effect of explicit teaching on developing reading sub-skills. The researcher adopted the analytical method. The population of the study is university students. The sample of this study is (100) first class students from Sudan university of science and technology. For collecting the needed data for the present study the researcher used Homogeneity test, (Pre-test, Post-test) and questionnaire. In the tests the experimental group was taught explicitly, whilethe control group was taught implicitly. After the treatment post-test was administered to check any progress as a result of instruction. The scores obtained by control group were computed to make a comparison between the pre-test and the post-test scores. The scores were, calculated to ascertain the difference between the two mean scores. There was no significant different between the average of the scores.

 The scores obtained by the students in the experimental group were computed to compare the pre-test with the post-test. Next, the scores were calculated to find the difference between the two mean scores. It was found out that the students performed better in post-test rather than pre-test. The study concluded that there was a fairly big difference between the subjects' performance in pre-test and post-test. So, accordingly, it can be said that the students who received the treatment have better performance. And the results of questionnaire show that explicit teaching of reading sub skills can improve students' ability of guessing meaning of unfamiliar words; explicit teaching of reading sub skills can improve students in scanning and skimming reading; explicit teaching of reading sub skills take time and effort and explicit teaching is better than implicit teaching in developing inferencing.

Based on the results, the researcher recommended thatEnglish language teachers should take into account the importance of explicit teaching. English language and students should be aware that explicit teaching develops students in reading sub-skills.  English language students should be aware that explicit teaching needs extra time.ram. recomended greater for the study.

es nformation

English language teachers should focus on explicit teaching rather than implicit teaching.

And suggested for coming studies investigating the effect of explicit teaching on developing listening, speaking and writing skills.