A Research into Effectiveness of Comprehension Strategies for Facilitating Reading Performance and Reader Development

Abstract: In most cases of a reading classroom practice, learners tend to focus on grammar and vocabulary without developing positive learning strategies, believing that good grammatical and lexical knowledge helps to develop a good comprehension. However, some research and theory have proved that other elements have an effect on comprehension. Schema theory, for instance, has revealed the psychological process of reading and to some extent accounted for poor comprehension of some students despite their good linguistic knowledge. In light of the theory, this paper tries to present the exploration made in some reading classroom with practice being shifted from knowledge-based teaching to schema-based reading. It has proved, with the provision of several learning strategies, to be beneficial to learner development in reading comprehension. Key words: schemata strategies performance comprehension development I