Impact of Chunking Technique on Reading skill of Iraqi EFL Students

The study aims at investigating the effects of using the chunking technique on developing English language reading skill of Iraqi EFL students. The study uses a quantitative research method. The samples of the study were randomly selected from the second intermediate school students. The study adopted a pretest treatment- post-test design. Through the results of the study the first hypothesis was accepted and was concluded that chunking technique was better than the recommended teaching in both the overall achievement and reading comprehension items.