Abstract

This study tried to assess the effect of listening English text-based audios by native speaker on reading fluency of intermediate students. A sample of 60 mixed ability learners was selected from grade XI of Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Kamra and divided them into two equal groups i.e., Control group (n=30) and experimental group (n= 30). At that time the reading fluency pre-test was managed to assess contestants’ listening comprehension from the start of course. The experimental group (EG) was taught by audios by native speakers. The control group (CG) was taught by audios Compact Disk (CD) developed by three assistants of the researcher as the teaching aid. The researcher chose the Pretest-Posttest equivalent group design which was the sub-type of true experimental design. The researcher managed the post-test after four weeks’ treatment to find out the effect of English text-based audios by native speakers and audios Compact Disk (CD) on teaching reading fluency. The collected data was analyzed by the use of independent and paired samples t-tests. The results revealed that the mean score of post-tests of experimental group was higher than the control group. Moreover, the t-test of experimental group was higher than that of control group. Consequently, the null hypothesis was rejected. The alternative hypothesis was accepted. It is, therefore, recommended that all students should be provided learning technique of listening English text-based audios by native speakers to increase reading fluency of students.