Abstract:
Education is human right. Yet due to various negative factors such as poverty, poor educational
background at home, lack of trained English teachers, not attending ESL classes regularly, no
motivation, war situation and other socio, political, and cultural aspects the learners fail to
obtain the reading skill proficiency. The success of mastering all four language skills and
grammar in the second language is very challenging. Reading skill was considered as a passive
skill. It has been taught and learnt through traditional face to face mode. Even though various
teaching methods and approaches were postulated from time to time, less emphasis has been
given to developing reading skills. This research is to explore whether (traditional and
computer assisted blended language learning) Blended Learning mode could be utilized to
develop reading skills at the tertiary level. Fifty first year students from the Faculty of Arts
were taken as sample for the study. Their performances in reading skills were tested before and
after teaching reading skills through the Blended Learning mode. It was found that the
participants' performance in reading skills improved. The research findings disclose the fact
that the Blended Learning mode has a positive impact on the development in the participants'
proficiency in the reading skills. The study has an implication of recommending Blended
Learning mode of teaching and learning to improve effective reading skills at the tertiary level
