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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of using supplemental oral reading blended learning based program in improving the oral reading skills of EFL primary pupils who were English learners and poor readers. The proposed program included a combination of a reading booklet, three main strategies: repeated oral reading, silent reading, reader's theatre, and computer software supported with systematic monitoring of pupils’ progress. 90 six primary pupils participated in the present study. To collect the data required an oral reading skills checklist; a blended oral reading program, an oral reading test, and pupils' feedback questionnaire were designed and implemented by the researcher. The participants were divided into three equal groups: two experimental groups and a control group. The results indicated general improvement in word reading and overall oral reading performance across experimental groups' pupils. The main conclusion was that blended learning program received by the second experimental group was more effective than face to face learning activities received by the first experimental group in developing pupils' oral reading skills. However, both blended learning and face to face proved to be more effective than traditional classroom teaching, received by the control group in developing pupils' oral reading skills
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