"A Study on Reciprocal Teaching Strategy As A Reading Improving Technique in English"

Abstract

The authors' reports an experiment designed to assess the relative effectiveness of Reciprocal Teaching Strategy (RTS) in improving reading in English among students over the conventional method. The sample consisted of 800 students in Vadodara district in Gujarat. Pre-test, post-test Equivalent – Groups Experimental Design was adopted. The author found that the reciprocal teaching strategy makes for statistically significant improvements in the gain scores pertaining to comprehension, speed and vocabulary acquisition over the conventional method of teaching the language.