Assistant Professor, Shri I. J. Patel M.Ed. Course, Mogri (Anand), India
Online published on 25 March, 2015.
The present study investigated the gender, academic achievement and location based differences in English language reading comprehension in the Indian English language context. For the purpose, researcher has selected 589 (age 14 to 15) students from Gujarati medium secondary schools of Anand district, using stratified random sampling method. Implicated school base survey research method, for that researcher has used five reading comprehension test having fifty five multiple choice base and order form questions. The results indicated that girls were higher in reading comprehension than boys. Also boys with higher academic achievement were higher in reading comprehension, and the urban students and rural students were found equal in reading comprehension.
