This pilot study focused on reading aloud as an appropriate reading strategy for efficient outcomes for low-proficiency Saudi students. Reading aloud is an essential learning strategy that can increase the quality of students' reading comprehension abilities, which significant role may help them to overcome text level difficulties of the learning materials. Therefore, it could be integrated and combined with traditional textbooks as supporting material to enhance reading skills among English language students. These positive results shows that video and audio are effective for students in developing and supporting their reading fluency and comprehension. Independent- and paired samples t-tests were performed to compare the results of the two groups, which showed that the experimental groups outperformed the control groups in reading comprehension and reading fluency (p 0.05). Two achievement tests were used as pre-test and post-test to determine the improvement in the experimental groups. Contrarily, the control groups were taught conventionally. The experimental groups watched videos to activate their thinking before reading the passage, and then read comprehension passages. The men and women experimental groups comprised 26 students each, while the control groups comprised 24 and 28 students, respectively. Participants were divided into four groups, two each (a control group and experimental group) of men and women students. Data were collected from a reading comprehension test and a reading fluency test, measuring students’ word count per minute. This quantitative research employed a quasi-experimental method. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of using audio-visual aids to develop reading fluency and comprehension among English language students of the University of Jeddah. To be successful, students must have excellent reading abilities, as reading is the most important skill for achieving high levels of learning and personal development.
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