Résumé:
Foreign language students tend to use any possible means through their reading process to
gain more information and easily understand the reading material at hand.
The present study then aims at investigating Master I students’ perceptions towards the effects
of using reading strategies on their text- reading comprehension. It takes the case of master
one students of the English Department at Guelma University; to check the validity of the
research hypotheses, which state that students’ use of reading strategies may positively affect
their reading comprehension. In addition, their reading comprehension ability will be
facilitated.
Therefore, two questionnaires were administered to both teachers and case study sample
students; as data collection tools to determine the effects of using reading strategies on
students’ reading comprehension; as well as students’ perceptions towards using these
strategies. The collected data were described, analyzed, and discussed using the Descriptive
Statistical Method. The results then revealed that the sample students show a significant
awareness towards the crucial effects reading strategies have on improving their text-reading
comprehension abilities as well as on other language skills. Thus, the results confirmed the
research hypotheses. As a result, the most important field investigation results were
transformed into useful pedagogical implications for an effective EFL reading skill
comprehension teaching and learning. In addition to some recommendations to be considered
in future researches.
