Summarising skills as panacea to problems of reading comprehension among english and french language students in college of education, Ikere Ekiti, Nigeria

It has been observed that, one of the reading problems facing students in tertiary institutions is the inability to summarize what they have read. In addressing this issue, two null hypotheses were generated and tested using descriptive and inferential statistics. One hundred and twenty samples were drawn from the population through stratified sampling technique. It was discovered that there was a significant difference between the students’ achievement in writing main ideas when listening to lectures and when reading a passage. It was concluded that students need pedagogical assistance in reading skills to improve their comprehension level which will eventually assist them in both internal and external examinations. It was recommended that more emphasis should be laid on reading while summarizing skills should be more taught and encouraged either verbally or in written forms as a form.