A DESCRIPTION OF EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUE FOR ENHANCING READING SKILLS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

The study highlights some effective instructional techniques for the enhancement of reading skills of high school students in the light of 2^nd standard of the National Curriculum of English for grades IX and X. The qualitative cum quantitative research was focused on one hundred public school 9^th grade male and female students by keeping in view standard 2, bench mark 1 and SLO 1 in two phases (each comprising of three sub phases), to know the powerful coaching strategy that could be used to improve their comprehension and reading skills necessary for future academic and professional life. The results reflect that use of authentic material with an understanding of sub skills like skimming and scanning are effective academic instructional strategies for improving reading skills of secondary school students which can block teachers to promote spoon feeding on one hand and enable students to become independent readers/learners, by applying them in the classroom, on the other.