Abstract:
This research investigates the effect of using cooperative learning as a strategy to
enhance students' level of English language reading comprehension. It aims to determine
whether the students reading ability would be improved by using a cooperative learning
strategy. To give consistency to the study, a questionnaire has been submitted to a sample
composed of a group of twenty five third-year Foreign Languages stream students at Hamza
Ben Abdelmotalib Secondary School. The questionnaire aims to collect information about
cooperative learning and its importance in developing reading skills besides their attitude
toward using cooperative learning as a strategy to enhance reading skills in the classroom.
The results have revealed that cooperative learning is the appropriate strategy that increases
students' reading skill. Moreover, the questionnaire results confirmed the hypothesis that
students have a positive attitude toward using CL as a strategy to develop their reading. It also
proved that the CL is the right technique that develops students' reading skills and creates a
good classroom climate where students can participate without fear of making mistakes
