Enhancing Reading Competency Through Psycholinguistic Strategy Among Undergraduate Student Teachers

Abstract

The present study focuses on enhancing reading competency through psycholinguistic strategy among undergraduate student teachers. Generally students at all level experience some difficulty in reading competency. Especially, for the undergraduate teacher trainee’s reading competency is very important quality. For communicating well everyone required four skills they are reading, listening, writing, and speaking. Particularly the basic skill of language is reading. This skill can be enhanced through psycholinguistic strategies. The investigator adopted the Experimental method for the present study.  The undergraduate student teachers in Sivagangai district constitute the sample of the present investigation. As per the objectives framed in the present investigation, the 20 teachers with different variables were selected as a sample of the present study by using purposive sampling technique.   A questionnaire with open ended items has been established as a tool for the present study. The measures of central tendency mean and differential studies such as     S.D. and ‘t’ – test were used as the statistical techniques for the present study. Then the researcher interpreted the findings and drew a conclusion on the basis of findings.