Abstract
Libya is a 3rd world country which faces a lot of challenges in giving required resources and ideal environment for the effective learning and teaching, especially that of English language,although, the Libyan Government has taken lot of efforts for effective teaching, reading and learning. The most important skill for learning a language is by reading, which has focused the attention for teachers, researchers, pedagogues, teacher training and foreign language professionals in the recent times. Reading is very important in learning and mastering any foreign language. Skills are the stepping stone for effective English competence among the students. In Libya, the learner faces many difficulties to learn and master the foreign language like English, especially reading comprehension skill. Libyan students have negative attitudes in learning English language since they face many difficulties in comprehension skills. In such cases, the teaching method and material adopted by the teacher is very important for the students. The teachers using various motivational methods and different learning strategies play a crucial role in coaching reading skills among the students. This paper aims to study and to identify: 1. The problems that teachers face while teaching reading skills to the students at the secondary school level in Libya, with respect to their teaching reading skills 2. The recent developments in teaching reading skills at the secondary school level. 3. To understand how the knowledge and effective utilization of reading strategies be demonstrated. 4. To suggest recommendations to improve the present condition of teaching reading skills. arabic 19 English 107