Using a Digital Scaffolding Based Program for Developing EFL Student Teachers' Reading Comprehension Skills at Faculties of Education

The present study aimed at developing EFL student teachers' reading comprehension skills at Faculties of Education through using a digital scaffolding based program. The participants of the study consisted of student teachers, third year English section, Faculty of Education, Arish University (N=36). The study adopted the one-group pre- post test design. Three main tools were used in the current study: an EFL reading comprehension skills checklist required for the third year student teachers, an EFL reading comprehension skills test (pre-post) to measure student teachers' EFL reading comprehension skills and the program was based on digital scaffolding. The Quantitative method was used for collecting and analyzing the data. Using digital scaffolding based program was administered to the participants during the first semester of the academic year 2020/2021. Results of the quantitative analysis revealed that the student teachers' reading comprehension skills were developed significantly as a result of using digital scaffolding. Therefore, it can be concluded that using digital scaffolding was effective in developing EFL student teachers' reading comprehension skills.