Using an electronic interactive program for developing EFL critical reading skills of secondary stage students

: The present research has been conducted to investigate the effectiveness of using an electronic interactive program for developing EFL critical reading skills of secondary stage students. The research used the quasi- experimental design. Sixty students in the first year at Hurghada secondary official language school participated in the research. They were assigned to an experimental group of thirty students and a control group of thirty students. The materials and instruments of the research included: an electronic interactive program which comprised six units, a list of basic critical reading skills and a test of critical reading skills prepared by the reasearcher. Results of the research revealed that the students in the experimental group outperformed those in the control group in the pre-post test. Findings of the research indicated that using an interactive program had positive effects on the students’ critical reading skills.