Dynamics of Reading Comprehension Skills in Linguistic Intervention Programme

The aim of this study is an examination of dynamics of reading comprehension in a foreign language through the linguistic intervention programme. The point of that was to examine an influence of the linguistic intervention programme on reading comprehension skills. The linguistic intervention programme represents a method of active social learning, autonomous learning and a set of strategies and specific methods of foreign language learning. Two hundred and twenty one university students took part in this experiment, where we used as research methods - an observation and a test of foreign-language proficiency focusing on reading comprehension skills (English, German). The results have shown interesting findings in the direction of supporting or obstructing variable on the process of reading comprehension in a foreign language. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).