An Investigation of the Creative Reading Skills of Preparatory School EFL Students

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Curriculum & Instruction, Faculty of Education, Sohag University

2 Professor of Curricula & Methodology, Faculty of Education, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt.

3 Department of Curriculum & Instruction, Faculty of Education, Assuit University

Abstract

The present study aimed to evaluate the creative reading performance of preparatory one pupil. The researcher adopted the descriptive evaluative study. For this purpose, thirty students were randomly selected from Sahel Selim Preparatory school for Girls, Sahel Selim educational administration, Assiut Governorate. The evaluation of some creative reading skills was conducted through a test which was developed by the researcher. The evaluation test contained 45 items based on some creative reading skills deemed significant for preparatory school students. The results of the study showed that the first-year preparatory school students lacked some creative reading skills. Based on the study results, the researcher recommends that an instructional program target in creative reading skills is suggested to be provided to EFL students at different educational levels particularly the preparatory level.

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