Investigating Reading Comprehension Strategies Employed by EFL Students

Abstract

Reading strategies are basic to comprehension and knowledge. This study is undertaken to investigate the reading strategies that are commonly utilized by EFL learners at the faculty of languages and translation in Najran University when dealing with written texts. The study followed a descriptive empirical design and forty-four students responded to a questionnaire. Data were coded and analyzed using percentages. It is found that most of the subjects have adopted the reading comprehension cognitive procedures. These include relating illustrations and titles to topics, scanning for specific information, words recognition, discussions and summarizing texts.