Investigating the Causes and the Effects of EFL Reading Constraints Case Study: 4th Year Pupils at BenMaiza Abderrahmane Middle School –BBA

Abstract

Reading is one of the four main skills that an EFL learner should master to attain the required competence leading to academic professionalism and success in comprehension. However, most EFL learners are suffering different reading constraints. The purpose of our study was to investigate the causes of these constraints and to determine the extent to which they affect academic performance of middle school learners . A descriptive quantitative/ qualitative design was employed where questionnaires were administered to both middle school teachers of English and fourth year learners at Ben Maiza Abderrahmane school-BBA. The surveys were coded, piloted and analyzed according to the themes of the study. Quantitative data were analyzed by the use of statistical packages for social sciences (SPSS) and the results were displayed for further recommended similar work