ASSESSING THE PRACTICE OF INTENSIVE READING SKILL: IN CASE OF WOLKITE UNIVERSITY FOURTH YEAR ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE STUDENTS

Abstract

This study aimed at assessing intensive reading skill of fourth year English major students at Wolkite University. To conducted this study the researcher collected relevant data by using two data gathering instruments. Those are questionnaire and interview under the questionnaire open ended question were included the participant of the students were 30 students and 3 English language teachers were asked randomly. The sampling technique was implemented by comprehensive sampling technique. In this study data were analyzed through both qualitative and quantitative method of data analysis. It was thus factors affects intensive reading skill of fourth year English major students at Wolkite University. Based on the finding of the study, the following problems were obtained there were factors that affect intensive reading skill of fourth year English major students at Wolkite University. Those factors are  lack of interests of student to read intensively are the factor affecting of students reading skills.  the lack of student the habit of reading intensively is the major factors of affecting students intensive reading skill