Abstract: Reading is one of the difficulty sources for English as a foreign language (EFL) students. The
problems that they encounter are due to a number of factors including lack of appropriate reading strategy.
Besides, there are also psychological factors that influence students’ reading skill, one of them is students’
reading anxiety. The use of appropriate reading strategy is needed to encounter these problems. Self-Monitoring
Approach to Reading and Thinking (SMART) is a strategy in reading that provides students with a system for
monitoring their reading success by understanding rather than memorizing the text. This paper presentation will
identify the effectiveness of SMART in teaching reading, the difference reading skill between the students
having low and high reading anxiety, and whether there is an interaction between the strategies in reading and
students’ reading anxiety. The presentation will start by discussing relevant concepts such as reading, the
effectiveness of strategies in teaching reading, and students’ reading anxiety. Since this research is experimental,
the presentation will move on to identify whether there is an interaction between the strategies in reading and
students’ reading anxiety. This presentation will give information about the importance of teaching strategies and
students’ reading anxiety on students’ reading skill.
Keywords: Experimental Study, Reading Skill, Self-Monitoring Approach to Reading and Thinking (SMART),
Direct Instruction, Students’ Reading Anxiet
