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Abstract
The present study aimed at improving American Diploma students’ reading comprehension skills. This was achieved through applying a proposed reading course based on the consistent use of two reading strategies: reading for meaning and compare and contrast. The study adopted two groups design: experimental group and control group with pre-test, treatment, and posttest. Participants of the study were 20 students in the experimental group and 20 students in the control group from grade 10 students at Mansoura College American School, Mansoura. The study applied the following instruments to answer its questions. Reading Comprehension Skill checklist for identifying the most effective reading subskills needed to be developed for the targeted students. In addition, a checklist was designed to measure the alignment between the proposed course and the American Common Core State Standards. A Pre-post test was designed to measure the reading subskills before and after receiving the treatment. The proposed reading course employing two reading strategies developed the identified reading subskills. Results indicated that there were statistically significant differences at 0.01 level between the mean scores of the experimental group on the pre and post administrations of the test in favor of the post one. In addition, statistical analysis indicated that there was significant improvement in the students’ identified reading subskills. Consequently, the proposed course proved to be effective in developing reading skills for grade 10 students of the American Diploma section.