The Sources and Types of Reading Miscues Produced by 6th Grade Students at Public Schools in Jordan

Abstract

This study was conducted to explore the types and sources of reading errors produced by 6th grade  students at Jawza governmental secondary school at Al-Karak directorate of education. The sample of the study consists of  20 students. The result of the study showed that students produced different types of reading miscues. This included reading omission, repetition, mispronunciation, pausing and word by word reading categories. In light of these results, the study provides several pedagogical implications that could hopefully used by teachers to improve their student reading. The study recommends that further future researches study be conducted in this field to investigate this area.

Keywords: Reading Miscues, Omission, Repetition, Pausing and Mispronunciation.