Students Who Do Extensive Reading are Better Writers: A Study Based on Action Research and a Descriptive Study

Abstract

This study is based on classification observation in which the researcher-teacher has tried to find out if relation exists between reading and writing in English. That is to say the study is trying to prove of reading affects writing and if those students who read more, write better than those who do not and vice versa. a questionnaire to the chosen sample (level one students of English) is made to check this hypothesis. The questions elicited if the respondents read beyond the course materials and if they believe that reading influences writing. The results of the questionnaire confirm the relation between reading and writing. Thus, the study shows that there is a strong link between reading and writing and that when the students do more reading this will be reflected in their own writing style. Therefore, teachers are advised to encourage students to read outside the course materials and create awareness among students of the importance of the extensive reading. The students should be trained on different reading strategies and they should be informed of the good language reader. The final section of this paper is devoted to such strategies and characteristics.