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Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of the reciprocal teaching strategy on developing EFL reading comprehension skills and self-efficacy among the Yemeni EFL secondary stage male and female students. To fulfill the purpose of the study, three instruments were constructed; a reading comprehension skills questionnaire to identify the appropriate skills for students’ level, a pre and post reading comprehension test and an EFL scale adapted to uncover self-efficacy concept of students’ reading comprehension. The validity and reliability of the study instruments were established before their use in the study. The study adopted the quasi-experimental design. The sample of the study consisted of (80) male and female students purposely selected from first year secondary stage students in two major cities (Sana’a and Taiz) in the 2014-2015 academic year where 40 students represented two experimental groups and 40 represented the other two control groups. Results of the study showed that reciprocal teaching strategy led to improvement in students’ reading comprehension, and self-efficacy. A number of recommendations were suggested to EFL curriculum designers, policy makers and EFL Teachers.