Assessing the effectiveness of the advanced-level reading program at the School of Foreign Languages, Department of Basic English, Middle East Technical University

Abstract

The first chapter is an introduction to the study. There is general information related to the university at which the study has been done. The second chapter is the review of literature. In this section, the theories of the reading process are given in order to be able to understand what reading is. Following the theories, the models of reading are presented. It is very important to understand both the reading process and the models of reading to be able to teach reading successfully. The final part deals with issues of teaching. The third chapter is about the method employed in the study. Information about the questionnaire distributed to students and interviews conducted with the teachers, and administrators is provided. The chapter also includes information collected about curriculum documents and instructional materials. The fourth chapter deals with the analyses of the results of the data gathered from the questionnaires and interviews, and survey of curriculum documents and instructional materials. The fifth chaptei' continues with conclusions and lecommendations related to the working of the reiiding program at MEPAL. In view of the ¿malysis of the reading program, extensive reading practice is recommended. Moreover, it is to be remembered that the ultimate solution in overcoming the difficulties related to reading skills lies in extensive leading practice.