Some students majoring in English can learn to read in English
when they pass on into colleges or universities, where they are plunged
into new reading situations. However, many of them cannot; they fail in
their attempt to cope with their reading problems. As Alderson (2000: 1)
says, they naturally cannot adjust to the increased and varying demands
of reading on the higher levels. Some are even without adequate facilities
in the mechanics of reading (word recognitions); others possess this but
have not acquired such skills as finding the topic of the reading passage.
Others may have acquired the fundamental reading skills but have never
had training or practice in the efficient use of them. Because of these
deficiencies, remedial or corrective instruction is necessary in order to help
students succeed in their studies. However, before finding a method to
help them, their abilities and their problems need to be known