The Importance of Reading Skill in Enhancing EFL Students’ Communication Skills A Case Study of Third Year Students of English at Mohammed Khider University of Biskra

Abstract

Abstract Learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) or a Second Language (ESL) is becoming important nowadays . In recent years, Communication skill is viewed as an important element in learning of English. Especially with the advent of the communicative approaches to language teaching. Accordingly, it has been observed that some students have weaknesses in communicating effectively in different contexts, although their linguistic competence is, to a large extent, sufficient. Therefore, we conducted this research on the importance of reading skill in enhancing communication .Because through the reading skill, students develop successful language learning. However; this skill needs practice since it is considered as a complex one which leads learners to face problems while reading. For this reason, this research work was chosen in order to provide the adequate information about the reading skill and communication skill . In this study, we aim to investigate the role of reading in improving communication skill the hypothesis states that the practice of reading skill will help students to improve their communication skills and the structure if the dissertation is as follow : chapter one is about reading skill , chapter two about communication and the last chapter is the practical part . In order to reach the objective, we chose a descriptive method that includes a questionnaire . It was administered to third year students of English at Mohamed Khider University of Biskra. .However ; The analysis of students' questionnaire reveals that students are interested in practicing communication skills and as they are toward reading skill, they claim that if they had more different vocabulary and more knowledge then their communication will be improved . there fore, students must be aware about the role of reading and communication and work hard to practice them more often . In other word, the reading skill is important to enhance communication skills ملخص تعتبر وسيلة القراءة مهارة ذات أهمية في اكتساب المعرفة عن أي لغة وتطوير الكفاءات التواصلية للغة اإلنجليزية كلغة أجنبية. إن هذا البحث العلمي عبارة عن دراسة وصفية. يبين فيها أثر القراءة والمطالعة في تحسين الكفاءة التواصلية. تم تعيين طالب السنة الثالثة ليسانس في جامعة محمد خيذر بسكرة كعينة إلثبات نظريات واإلجابة عن األسئلة المطروحة حول هذا الموضوع. ومن أجل تحقيق نتائج البحث تطرقنا الستخدام وسيلة االستبيان للطلبة عن طريق االجابة عن بعض االسئلة التي تهدف إلى معرفة آرائهم حول القراءة واستراتيجياتها وما إذا كانوا يتواصلون بواسطة اللغة األجنبية وما هي نظرتهم حول عالقة القراءة بالتواصل. أدى تحليل النتائج أن الطلبة مهتمين إلى حد ما بالقراءة في اكتساب مفردات وتحسين النطق والحصول على ثقافة عامة في مختلف الميادين وكل هذا يساهم ويسهل في تطوير الكفاءات ومهارات التواصل