Reading A Second Language

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To be skilled in the second language, learners should have at least one of the fundamental skills of the target language. Apart from speaking and listening skills, reading is the basic skill a person can learn from the classroom. However, different people have different ability in learning all fundamental skills. One might be good at writing, but another one might skill at reading. According to Phantharakphong and Pothitha (2014), it is said that all fundamental skills are essential for EFL (English as a Foreign Language) or L2 learners to use in their communication. Nevertheless, one big problem for L2 learners is lacking of the ability to analyze and make the understanding in reading comprehension (Phantharakphong and Pothitha, 2014). In …show more content…

Besides, not only the strategies that the teachers assign students to read more literatures in a second language and support them to generate the questions can boost students’ capability in reading, but using reading aloud technique can also develop their ability in reading comprehension according to Ninsuwan (2015). The results of this experimental strategy prove that reading aloud can help students to remember the vocabulary and also help them improve their pronunciation as well. Accordingly, these three strategies are used effectively in developing students’ ability in reading comprehension since the students can fluently read and logically analyze the contexts as well as memorize new words from reading several texts written in a second language. For this reason, it can be seen that using diagnostic instruments in teaching English for L2 learners can enhance the ability of the learners to have more in-depth understanding as well as increase their interest and concentration on reading comprehension

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