Enhancement of Reading Comprehension Skills of Newly Appointed Teachers

In English Language Teaching in Myanmar, both teachers and learners try to acquire the four
skills using on the updated methods. Among the four skills, according to the researcher’s
experience, reading seems to be easier than the others to Myanmar learners. But the learners
didn’t get high marks when they answered the reading comprehension questions which are one
fourth of the total marks in most of the exams. This happens to the teachers at the university
when they take the English tests like tutorship exam. This research aims to find out whether
knowing the reading strategies can enhance the learner to get high marks in reading
comprehension questions or not. The participants in this research are 13 newly appointed
teachers at Bago University.