The Effect of Teaching Strategies on Reading Comprehension: A Study with Reference to the Students of Basic Education Schools in Sirte

Abstract

This study evaluates the effectiveness of teaching strategies used by English language teachers in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. It concentrates on teaching reading comprehension to basic education students in Sirte. This study includes five chapters. The first chapter states the problem, objectives, scope, relevance and significance of the study. It narrates the English needs of the people of Libya and studies how far these needs are incorporated in the school curriculum. It discusses the relative importance given to each of the four language macro skills, listening, speaking, reading, and writing at various levels of English language teaching in the country. It also briefly evaluates the series of books entitled, English for Libya, taught in our basic education schools.