The relationship between EFL reading comprehension skills and attitude towards reading among preparatory stage pupils

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The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship between EFL reading comprehension skills and attitude towards reading among preparatory stage pupils.

The participants were forty pupils in second year from Al-Shaheed Ahmed Hamid Abdel Dayem – a preparatory school at Al-Menofia Governorate.

The participants of the study were divided into three groups, two experimental groups (group one was consisted of ten pupils and the second group was also consisted of ten pupils and the control group was consisted of twenty pupils.

The instruments of the research were a pre-comprehension reading test , a post-comprehension reading test, a proficiency rating scale for correcting the tests and a scale for assessing the pupils attitude towards reading.

Results of the research revealed that there is a strong correlation relationship between the EFL reading comprehension skills and attitude towards reading