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Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of using some scaffolding strategies to develop reading comprehension skills of EFL primary stage pupils to help them become more independent readers. The sample of the study consisted of 57 pupils from two classes of EFL primary five stage; one class served as the experimental group (n=29) who was exposed to scaffolding strategies, and the other class served as the control group (n= 28) who were taught according to the regular way. The instruments of the study included a Reading Comprehension Skills Questionnaire (RCSQ) and a Reading Comprehension Skills Test (RCST). The results revealed that there was statistically significant difference between the mean score of the experimental and control groups on the post (RCST) in favor of the experimental group pupils. Further, the experimental group pupils performed better in most of the reading comprehension skills on the posttest. These results generally validate the effectiveness of scaffolding strategies in improving the experimental group pupils’ reading comprehension skills.