In conclusion, the findings of this study suggest that the use of reading strategies
does not help Saudi students improve their EFL reading comprehension. However, there
is mounting evidence that certain strategies are effective for improving L1/L2 reading
comprehension. The National Reading Panel report (2000) identified seven categories of
comprehension instruction that have solid evidence for their effectiveness on reading
comprehension. These seven include procedures that draw the reader into a deeper
engagement with the texts, such as comprehension monitoring, question generation and
question answering, the use of semantic organizers (students make graphic
representations of texts), summarizations, and understanding story structures. These
procedures, that the National Reading Panel report suggests are effective, are to some