Improving reading performance among Egyptian engineering students: principles and practice ☆

摘要: Abstract The research project set out to improve reading skills among third level engineering students at an Egyptian College of Technology where many them were dissatisfied with existing negative attitudes towards English and the inadequacies teaching that they received. A needs analysis was carried establish what their teachers perceived as major in which deficient. This taxonomy then used basis for developing a improvement programme. It trialled experimental group (N=66, 2 classes), compared control (N=70) stayed materials currently institution. Students not permitted use dictionary, but specially trained employ textual contextual clues; authentic opposed simplified ones are vogue secondary tertiary levels. Their mean scores rose from 47.45% pre-test 73.76% post-test, whereas those 48.53% 50.44%. In order mobilise students' schemata, ESP needed assimilate subject concepts learners, negotiate meaning them, rather than presenting themselves primary information providers.