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English Language Teaching; Vol. 6, No. 2; 2013 ISSN 1916-4742 E-ISSN 1916-4750 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education 155 Using Graphic Organizers to Improve Reading Comprehension Skills for the Middle School ESL Students Praveen Sam D1 & Premalatha Rajan2 1 Teaching Fellow & Research Scholar, Dept. of English, Anna University, Tamil Nadu, India 2 Professor, Dept. of English, Anna University, Tamil Nadu, India Correspondence: Praveen Sam D, Dept of English, Anna University Chennai, Sardar Patel Road, Guindy Chennai 600025, Tamil Nadu, India. Tel: 989-456-6901. E-mail: Received: December 8, 2012 Accepted: December 27, 2012 Online Published: January 9, 2013 URL: Abstract A picture is worth a thousand words. In a modern-day classroom, students are surrounded by visual imagery through textbooks, notice boards, television, videos, or computers. Many middle school classrooms are filled with colorful pictures and photographs.
students. Therefore, using graphic organizers is effective in reading questions like (1) identifying the main idea, (2) finding the supporting details, (3) dealing with vocabulary and (4) fact and opinion & (5) making inferences. Furthermore, the pedagogical implication here is the use graphic organizers during reading comprehension
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