Investigating the Teachers’ and Students’ Attitudes Towards s the Importance of Intensive Reading In Developing EFL Learners’ Writing Skills

Abstract

Writing in a foreign language is considered as a challenging and difficult task mostly for all foreign language learners. Due to its productive nature, it demands more practical efforts by the students in order to achieve a best level in the writing performance. Many EFL learners have issues when composing clear, coherent and organized pieces of writing. Therefore, the researcher proposed intensive reading as one of the potential strategies that help students overcome their writing problems and sharpen their writing abilities. In this respect, the present study aims at investigating the students’ and teachers’ perceptions towards the effectiveness of intensive reading as a means to develop the learners’ writing skills. To achieve this aim, a mixed methods research has been adopted in order to collect both qualitative and quantitative data from a sample of 37 second year EFL students and teachers of written expression at the university of Abdel Hamid Ibn Badis. In this case study two data collection instruments have been used ; a questionnaire and an interview. The results revealed a great awareness of both students and teachers about the importance of intensive reading in developing the learners’ writing.