Rating the effectiveness of fluency oriented reading instruction protocol : future prospects

Abstract EN

Fluency Oriented Reading Instruction (FORI) approach is a fluency developmental reading program that aims at improving reading fluency and comprehension.

This paper aims to investigate students' attitudes towards the main characteristics of this reading protocol, and then decide whether its implementation would be the appropriate solution for improving reading fluency and comprehension.

To reach the study objective a descriptive-analytic study design was carried out at the ENS of Constantine.

A post-evaluation questionnaire was administered to thirty second year EFL students who participated in a FORI program for nine weeks.

The quantitative data analysis revealed students' positive attitudes towards this fluency-based instruction course because they experienced an improvement not only in their reading skills but in speaking and writing as well.

Getting through students' learning experiences would help EFL teachers uncover the strengths,