A Program Based on Shared Reading to Develop Secondary School Student’s EFL Critical Reading Skills
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shared reading, EFL critical reading skillsAbstract
Investigating the impact of a shared reading program on developing secondary school students' EFL critical reading abilities was the goal of this study. At Essam Qura Secondary co-School in the Sharkia Governorate of Egypt, sixty second-year secondary school students participated in the study. The study's design was quasi-experimental. As a result, they were purposefully divided into two groups: a control group (n = 30) and an experimental group with 30 members. Pre-posttests and an EFL critical reading skills questionnaire were created by the researcher in order to gather data. Regular training was used to teach the control group, whereas the shared reading program was used to teach the experimental group. The current study was carried out during the first term of the academic year 2025–2026 for a period of twelve weeks, with a 60-minute session. Lastly, the study's findings demonstrated that the shared reading program significantly improved the EFL critical reading abilities of second-year secondary school students.....
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