The Effect of critical reading strategies on Reading Comprehension of EFL learners

English reading is not only an obligatory course for those English as a foreign Language (EFL) students of English language literacy in academic institutions, but also the main medium to absorb outside knowledge and learn other curricular areas. There are growing numbers of research the field of reading strategy use among EFL learners. However, little knowledge has been declared about the differences on the favorite reading strategy use between males and females learners, especially at college level. Thus, the purpose of this study is to explore whether the application of reading strategies were varied according to gender diversities The application of reading strategies as heuristics and aids that can facilitate reading comprehension and overcome comprehension breakdowns at both the word and sentence levels. Academic reading requires in-depth comprehension; it also includes the active monitoring and consequent regulation and orchestration of these processes in relation to the cognitive objects or data on which they bear, usually in the service of some concrete goal or objective..

Keywords:

: reading comprehension , critical reading , critical reading strategies , intermediate EFL learners