• K. KANNADASAN
• Dr. S. SENTHILNATHAN

The teaching of language skills according to the Structural Approach in vogue which was also endorsed that speech skill is the basis of the other skills of reading and writing. In the early stages, speaking skills were taught through plenty of oral work and adequate speech practice. The learner understands the vocabulary and sentence patterns of English and gets their meaning correctly if the language is presented orally. The reading skill can then be acquired easily after the preparatory stage. Comprehension of reading material and its use at higher stages involves speed reading. The present study consists of 260 undergraduate students of arts and science colleges. The stratified random sampling technique is used and descriptive analyses done in the present study. The finding of the study is undergraduate students have low level of reading comprehension.

Language Skills, Teaching, Reading comprehension, Learners reading ability

"READING COMPREHENSION OF THE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGES IN DINDIGUL DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.121-128, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904318.pdf

"READING COMPREHENSION OF THE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGES IN DINDIGUL DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp121-128, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904318.pdf