Improving efl learners reading performance

Reading is considered as a vital skill in learning, and reading ability is necessary for any learner searching for success. The study aims at investigating the importance of reading skills for EFL learners and examining EFL students ability to be a better readers. To achieve such a skill, learners need to be exposed to a wide range of written texts and taught effective reading comprehension strategies. The study also reviles that extensive reading promotes reading fluency and increases reading speed. Major elements of fluency are speed of reading, accuracy, and proper expressions. Reading strategies are considered as one of the features of cognitive psychology which are essential for successful comprehension. This means using the information the learner already knows to reach a conclusion. Sudanese EFL students are not exposed to training in reading skills. Many students do not know how to activate their schemata. Some differences exist between successful and less successful readers in terms of their actual and reported reading strategies, their use of reading strategies, their strategy awareness, and their perception of the good reader. Some learners experience foreign language anxiety which is a situation-specific and unique type of anxiety closely related to the acquisition of a foreign language.