Enhancing the Reading Comprehension Skills by Using the Reading Strategies Instruction Approach for First Year Nursing Program Students

Abstract

This research was conducted in order to investigate the students’ achievement in reading comprehension by using the Reading Strategies Instruction approach. The samples of the study were 79 first year nursing students at Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University who enrolled in semester 1, academic year 2017. The instruments used in this study consisted of eight reading strategies instruction lesson plan, reading exercises or worksheets, and reading test. The subjects took the pre-test then learned through eight reading strategies instruction lesson plans. After that, students took the post-test. The results indicated that all of the students got the scores in the post-test higher than the pre-test. As a result, the finding of the study indicated that Reading Strategies Instruction approach could help the 79 first year nursing students at Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University to improve their reading comprehension.