Text Adaptation as a Strategy to Teach the Reading Skill to Third Year Secondary School Learners.

Abstract

Reading is a fundamental language skill that an EFL learner must perform. The Algerian school system is giving it a great importance within the English Language Syllabuses, mainly, in the third year textbook „New Prospects‟. This study aims at investigating teachers‟ strategy „Adaptation‟ to cope with the teaching of reading under the occurrence of Covid-19. To reach this end, a questionnaire for teachers, and another for learners were used. The data collected were analysed qualitatively and quantitatively. The results revealed that the textbook‟s texts are long, complex and not updated. It also revealed that teachers are doing their best by adapting these texts, so as to facilitate the task for their students, who confirmed that adapted texts helped them in their reading comprehension. Accordingly, this research study emphasised that adaptation is proved to be effective to reach the goals stated by EFL classes‟ teachers whenever teaching reading.