Reading has been considered to be one of the major skills in learning a foreign
language. It is a skill which is not easy to improve and development of which
necessitates a considerable amount of time and effort. Especially, it turns out to be a
problem when academic texts are concerned. At BUSEL, students always complain
about the difficulty of reading texts due to formal language use and academic
vocabulary items. In addition to this, they are aware of the fact that in an English
medium university, they will have problems with long articles and books if they do not
improve their reading skills. As a result, there seems to be a need to train students on
reading strategies they need to deal with such texts.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether students who receive
strategy training on reading skills would score better on a reading test as compared to
those who do not receive such training but follow the book only. It was expected at the
end of the study that the students who have received training would improve their
reading skills by applying the strategies they have gained during the input sessions.