The Effect of Teaching Reading Strategies in L1 on Studentsʹʹ English Reading Comprehension Ability

It is known that reading comprehension strategies are essential for successful foreign language readers so the present study investigated the impact of implementing reading strategy instruction in raising learnersʹ reading comprehension ability. To conduct the study, 31 Iranian third-grade female students from a distinguished guidance school were selected from a group of 49 students which had been selected based on a random sampling procedure. To collect the necessary data, two types of instruments were employed, a reading comprehension test, and a proficiency test (Nelson, series 050 B). Five reading strategies were taught between the pre-test and post-test and L1 was used for teaching. The findings of the study indicated that reading comprehension strategies instruction in L1 increases the studentsʹ reading comprehension ability.