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This study aimed at developing the academic reading skills for university students by using challenge-based learning strategy. For this purpose, 60 university students from various majors, yet with the same English Language level: upper intermediate; B2 according to the European Framework, were selected to represent the participants of the study. The academic reading skills, to be developed for university students, were determined through the use of an academic speaking checklist. Then, an academic reading pre/post-test was designed and administered to the participants of the study. Moreover, the researcher designed a framework of using the challenge-based learning strategy for developing academic reading skills. Academic reading passages were chosen by the researcher to meet the university students’ fields and majors to be utilized in the experiment. During the experiment, the participants of the study were taught the academic reading skills by using the challenge-based learning strategy. The statistical analysis of the data obtained from the pre/post-test administration showed evidence that using the challenge-based learning strategy had a large effect size on developing university students' academic reading skills. Thus, the results suggested that using the challenge-based learning strategy is significant for developing university students’ academic reading skills and it was also is recommended for developing them.
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