A Cognitive Strategies Program In English Language To Improve Reading Comprehension For University Students

Abstract

The experimenta: group received the cognitive reading strategies program that focused on summarizing, self-questioning, predicting, guessing the meanirog o words, semantic mapping, looking for markers of ohesion, note-taking and getting the idea quickly (skimming and scanning). While the control group received ten passages from their prescribed English course.

Results of the study indicated that the subjects of the experimental group, who demonstrated a good command of cognitive reading strategies, after the program were implemented, tended to be proficient in interpreting tel(ts. This lends support to the notion that cognitive reading strategies play a significant role in the ability to comprehend a text. Overall findings indicated justifications for a cognitive strategies oriented language curriculum.