Résumé:
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
