Read ask put strategy and reading comprehension

Abstract

The current study aimed to investigate the influence of the Read Ask Put (RAP) strategy also called paraphrasing strategy on student’s reading comprehension. The investigator used a quantitative method and pre-experimental research. The sample was one group of 39 students from the second semester of “Pedagogía de los Idiomas Nacionales y Extranjeros” program at Universidad Técnica de Ambato. The study lasted four weeks in which 6 sessions via the Zoom platform were provided to give learners the treatment. The research tools used were a pre-test and a post-test adapted from Cambridge B1 preliminary Tests (PET). Likewise, the researcher used a survey for students at the end of the treatment. The technique used to analyze the gathered information was the t-student test using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software (SPSS) version 22. At the end of the investigation, the findings demonstrated that the Read Ask Put strategy had a favorable influence on students’ reading comprehension