EFL Students’ Attitudes Teaching Reading Insights into EFL Students’ Attitudes toward Reading Supervised by : ABOUYASSINE BRAHIM BY :AHENDOUR MUSTAPHA

low Language proficiency level MOTIVATION low Language proficiency level The language standard among students in the department of English is obviously low and of course there should be some satisfactory explanation for this undesirable fact; indeed, it’s due to some disruption in one of the four language teaching skills .It is hypothesized that reading is where the disruption is to be found , so it is time to dig up deeply into the core this skill. General statement This research paper examines students’ attitudes towards the skill of reading in addition to the factors that motivate them to read. The current research claims that the unsatisfactory language proficiency of students at Ibn Zohr university is due to the negative attitudes to reading.

Educational psychology Theories of learning Behaviorism Reading is a behavior that can be reinforced . The assistance students are provided while reading aids them to reach reading comprehension and motivates them to become eager readers. Social constructivism Cognitivism Using cognitive schemas while reading is essential to achieve the intended the goals . fields of inquiry Psycholinguistics Sociolinguistics Applied linguistics Educational psychology

Research questions What type of attitudes students hold about the skill reading, and reading materials? Do students possess the necessary Tools of effective Reading? What are the different factors that motivate students to read? What are the different impacts of reading on students’ language proficiency ?

Review of related literature CONTENTS : Part one Review of related literature

Practical framework: CONTENTS Method Observation Instruments Questionnaires Participants language teachers(5) Language students(61) The sphere of the study: The department of English at Ibn Zohr University.

Findings Section What type of attitudes students hold about the skill reading, and reading materials? 1. Attitudes to reading 1.1 :According to language teachers students’ perspectives about readings are as following:

1.2 the assigned reading language students usually manage to read.

1.3:Reasons: derived from teachers’ surveys laziness and Lack of motivation. The ignorance of reading tools and strategies. Absence of a culture where reading is a normal habit. Text is hard. Relying on teachers to read and explain everything .

2.Reading materials

3. Results Findings are remarkably negative and indicate that the majority of students are indifferent readers(e.g. only 11% manage to read all the assigned reading) the choices in reading are delimited to the what is suggested by the educators ;in other words, students do no go beyond the academic tasks and school books.

Teachers’ answers about devoting time to teach reading skills!! section Do students possess the necessary Tools of effective Reading? Teachers’ answers about devoting time to teach reading skills!! The type of readers students are and an evaluation of their reading skill? yes sometimes no

Commentary Although teachers claim that they regularly teach skills of reading , students seem not to possess the sufficient tools of reaching reading goals .

Section What are the different factors that motivate students to read?

Section 4 Listening proficiency the benefits of reading on EFL learners Increasing vocabulary Increasing writing proficiency Increasing second language acquisition and input Listening proficiency Oral fluency Achieving High grades The syntactic structure becomes internalized

Concluding statement The outcome of the study shows deep issues concerning the reading level at the department of English.

the set-up and the length of the distribution of questionnaires were quite limited. Limitations

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