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Impact of Contextual Inferencing Strategies on the Reading Comprehension Skills of University Students

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  • Adeela Saleemi

    (PhD Scholar, Department of Education, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan)

  • Tahira Batool

    (Assistant Professor, STEM Education Department, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan)

Abstract

Lexical knowledge is an important factor for the mastery of any language and without knowing one cannot claim the knowledge of a language. English language is very important for Pakistani university students for various reasons, and reading skill is a foundational skill to learn about English language because of reading exposure can enhance all four skills of the language learners at university level. The current study aimed to enhance reading comprehension skill of the university students through contextual inferencing strategies. The study was conducted through pre and post-test 2 groups experimental design by selecting 140 homogenous students from public sector university students in Lahore. The results show that experimental group improved 26% from pre-test to post-test. The difference of control and experimental group scores in post-test was 25% that shows that contextual inferencing strategies can work for the better reading comprehension skill of the university students.

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  • Adeela Saleemi & Tahira Batool, 2023. "Impact of Contextual Inferencing Strategies on the Reading Comprehension Skills of University Students," Journal of Policy Research (JPR), Research Foundation for Humanity (RFH), vol. 9(1), pages 91-97, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:rfh:jprjor:v:9:y:2023:i:1:p:91-97
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