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Abstract

Children in the elementary schools in Rajanpur had many difficulties in learning how to read English. It did not have even enough textbooks, there were no textbooks enough as well and most of the education was based on memories. Due to this, many students were having the problems in reading simple sentences. The kind of feedbacks, the teachers made was also one of the most important things that were, mostly, not put into consideration. A tiny correction, some few kind words or a group discussion would have helped in their reading. This is the notion that was researched in this paper. Our sample of the elementary school students were 200 students of government schools at Rajanpur. We would ask them about the responses they had e.g. verbal remarks about their reading, written comments in their notebooks, reminders about their reading activity and help of their peers when group work was done. We then resorted to some statistical tests to identify whether this feedback increased their reading fluency and comprehension or not. This research was focused at showing that feedback does not only serve to remove errors but also a tool to relate with the students. Efforts to turn students into better readers can be accomplished by merely giving positive and constructive feedback inside of even bad classrooms.