Improving Reading Performance Through Motivational Strategies and Content and Language Integrated learning: An Approach for Academic Success.

This intervention intends to investigate the effects of a motivational reading strategy intervention programme on the reading performance of English students at upper secondary school level. This intervention is based on a successful strategy programme pioneered at the Benchmark School. The first study of one year focuses on the effectiveness of the strategy intervention, the second study follows the same intervention over a two year period combined with a Content and Language Integrated Learning approach, (CLIL). It is expected that the intervention will show significantly improved reading results and when combined with the CLIL approach reading will be further improved.