Perspectives of EFL Students towards Reading Strategies

Abstract

This descriptive study examines the point of view of a group of teachers towards reading and vocabulary practice in EFL. This study included the collection of qualitative and quantitative data. The participants were 56 teachers, 23 males, and 33 females; their ages ranged from 20 to 50 years old. The instrument applied in this research was a survey that was specifically created to gather information on the opinions and feelings of teachers while exposed to different types of texts in EFL practices. According to the collected data, most of the participants read in English and enjoy it. Most of them agreed on how easy it was for them to understand texts in English. Few of them presented problems due to the fact they consider their proficiency level is not enough to understand the meaning of words which can cause them to feel stressed and anxious. Additionally, the participants identified reading as one of the most important skills and mentioned they read to improve their language skills or to investigate. These results should be considered by EFL teachers and students to understand how important reading is in the English learning process.