if the strategies presented have changed student understanding in reading. The index is a tool
which measures students' familiarity about reading strategies used before, during, and after reading.
The teacher researcher then practiced four reading texts from the coursebook
four weeks.
4. Results & conclusion
The results of the reading awareness scale and my personal experience showed that there was a
lack of knowledge in the area of reading strategies in my students at the beginning of the study. The
students had a lack of knowledge and practice in reading strategies however after a comprehensive
study, there was an improvement in their success. At the beginning as being the researcher, I had
some worries about how to implement the strategies in the classroom. The number of the strategies