INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF THINK ALOUD STRATEGY ON READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY AMONG EFL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

The aim of conducting the current study is to investigate the effect of think aloud strategy on improving reading comprehension ability among Iranian English foreign language (EFL) university students in bachelor level. The required data were obtained from 80 students (male-female). A questionnaire based on Sukyadi and Uswatun (2000) questionnaire, was distributed among the participants to screen the students who are familiar with think aloud strategy. Then a reading comprehension test based on Sukyadi and Uswatun (2000) was performed among students to consider the effect of think aloud strategy on reading comprehension ability. The data obtained throughout the study were analyzed via SPSS software. To consider the normality of the statistical Population, kolmogrove- semirnove test was applied. The findings of this study revealed that those students familiar with think aloud strategy can apply appropriately the prior knowledge and connect the new information to what they already know. Based on the findings, think aloud evokes students to apply the cognitive process and helps them to access the background knowledge of the texts. Accordingly, think aloud strategy improves students reading comprehension ability.