Despite the many efforts given by the academe, reading comprehension is still one of the most challenging language skills among many learners. Anchor on Cooperative Learning Theory, this qualitative-phenomenological study aims to determine how the jigsaw read-ing helped technique the college students improve their reading comprehension, vocabu-lary words and knowledge of context clues, recalling of prior knowledge, sharing correct information, asking relevant questions, and organizing and summarizing ideas. The par-ticipants were purposively chosen. Focus Groups Discussion (FGD) was used to obtain information from 20 participants. Thematic analysis presented nine themes with varying frequency of responses and core ideas. It was also found that jigsaw technique had in influenced improving not only the students' reading comprehension but also their inter-personal, motivational, critical thinking skills; more so their sense of accountability. However, it was noted that time was as essential element in reading comprehension. It implicates that employment of any reading approach or strategy must always take into account some essential factors; students' needs, teacher's role, students' progress, ...
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