The Effectiveness of Extensive Reading in Enhancing Students’ Writing Ability Case Study of First Year EFL Students at University Center of Ain Temouchent

Abstract

This research investigates the effectiveness of extensive reading in enhancing students‟ writing ability. Writing skill is considered as a challenging activity for students because the majority of them are incapable to reach their pieces of writing. Also, it entails a set of difficulties that result in the students‟ poor writing production. Moreover, our research paperaims to investigate the relationbetween students‟ writing skill and extensive reading. In order to gather data, we have used classroom observation, also two questionnaires. The first, has been submitted to fifty students of first year LMD at the department of English and foreign language at Belhadj Bouchaib University Centre of Ain Temouchent. The second one was administrated to three teachers of written expression. The results obtained demonstrate the effectiveness of extensive reading in enhancing students‟ writing ability. Based on these results, the research hypothesis was confirmed that students know that extensive reading provides them with some language aspects and enrich their culture background and enhance their writing competence. Also, the teacher should motivate their students to read and to be aware about the importance of reading and writing skills and to know that they complete each other.