Towards the globalization age, English has become the most important language. In fact, English learners
should be inculcated with reading habits especially during lesson. Actually, this is because reading is one
of the most necessary skills that learners need to acquire. This paper is to identify the strategies frequently
used by selected teachers in improving comprehension of stories and how these strategies has helped
learners to improve comprehension of stories. 
Firstly, reading activities among young learners has become an issue among public. There are several
reasons of poor-skilled reading. Bruce & Robinson (2000) state failing to identify words will cause
children to dislike reading. Webb (2007) has agreed that comprehension can be improved if learners have
improved in learning of words. Limited vocabulary will hinder learners understanding towards reading
comprehension. This will cause them to “lack in understanding of the structure of a text”. In order to
attract learners’ attention to read, the reading materials provided should be meaningful and purposeful to
them.
Secondly, it’s important that providing the suitable strategies in teaching reading comprehension become
important for teachers. This is because there are varieties of teaching strategies either traditional strategies
or conventional strategies. It will raise teachers’ awareness on the suitable strategies to use. This is due to
several factors like learners’ interest and needs and also their level of proficiency. If teachers are still
holding on to the traditional strategies, learners may not able to improve their comprehension. So,
teachers can use different strategies and they are not obliged to use the same strategies in classroom.
In addition, it is believed that “activating background knowledge, predicting context, vocabulary gist,
skimming and scanning are important to reading lesson”. These factors help learners to understand the
stories better. It states stories help learners to improve in their target language by providing an insight into
language use. However, teachers should be able to motivate learners during their comprehension. This is
because motivation helps students to improve in comprehension of stories. Besides teachers, learners also
should be able to “interpret, integrate experiences, concepts and ideas, critique, draw inferences, analyze
and make connections”.
In short, reading habits should be inculcated when learners begin their school phase. This is because
reading will help learners in their literacy skills, improve vocabulary and reduce their grammar errors.
However, to inculcate reading in classroom, both teacher and learners play important roles. Teacher needs
to be a motivator and a facilitator to help learners in reading comprehension. learners also need to be
active participants of learning.