The Role(s) of Skimming and Scanning in Enhancing Students’ Written Retelling The Case of Intermediate and Upper Intermediate Learners of English at the Centre d’Enseignement Intensive des Langues, Jijel

Abstract

The present study shed light on the role of skimming and scanning as reading comprehension techniques in enhancing written retelling ability of B1-2 learners of Centre d‟Enseignement Intensive des Langues (CEIL) at Mohammed Seddik Ben Yahia University. This research also aims to confirm the following hypothesis that: The more B1-2 CEIL learners use skimming and scanning techniques, the more their written retelling ability is enhanced. In order to test the hypothesis formulated it seems appropriate to opt for two means of research: a test and questionnaire, both of them were administered to 10 learners of B1-2 level. The test was used to test the role of using skimming and scanning techniques on B1-2 CEIL learners‟ written retelling productions. While, the questionnaire was used to confirm the test results .The results obtained from both these tools show that when B1-2 CEIL learners‟ read texts using skimming and scanning Their written retelling performance is enhanced.