Abstract            Volume:7  Issue-6  Year-2019         Original Research Articles

Online ISSN : 2347 - 3215 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcret@gmail.com

The main objective of this study was to find out how students comprehend reading text and how teachers teach reading skill in Boditi secondary and Preparatory school grade nine in focus, It is also to investigate students’ English reading ability in the mentioned grade level and to assess the factors that affect teaching reading skill during reading lesson. To conduct the research a descriptive method was used. The data were collected from students through questionnaire and classroom observation, and gathered from teachers’ through questionnaire, interview and observation. The findings depicted that inappropriate reading techniques and procedures were used in the mentioned grade level. Teachers were observed while using the traditional way of teaching reading skill which is dominated by reading aloud. There has been little or no time given for silent reading. Phases of reading such as pre-, while and post- reading were not used at all. The miss -understanding practices used in class room by teachers has resulted the wrong implementation up on the students in their reading ability. Finally, the researcher put different recommendations that could bring about a change in the practice of teaching reading and different roles of students in three stages of reading.

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