Differences in Reading Strategies: How esl Learners Really Read

Students’ comprehension of a text relies much on the use of appropriate reading strategies during the activity. The use of such strategies would improve students’ comprehension of the text, which, in turn helps them in their academic achievement at large. This study aimed to investigate the reading...

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Main Authors:	Noli Maishara, Nordin, Sabariah, Md. Rashid, Sharifah Intan Safina, Syed Zubir, Roslan, Sadjirin
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Published:	Elsevier 2013
Subjects:	Q Science (General)
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spelling	ump-66612018-04-30T04:08:33Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6661/ Differences in Reading Strategies: How esl Learners Really Read Noli Maishara, Nordin Sabariah, Md. Rashid Sharifah Intan Safina, Syed Zubir Roslan, Sadjirin Q Science (General) Students’ comprehension of a text relies much on the use of appropriate reading strategies during the activity. The use of such strategies would improve students’ comprehension of the text, which, in turn helps them in their academic achievement at large. This study aimed to investigate the reading strategies used by ESL learners at tertiary level. Specifically, it aimed to identify the reading strategies frequently used by the ESL high and low achievers. It also aimed to find out whether there was any significant different in the type of strategies used by each group of ESL achievers. Forty undergraduate students were randomly selected as the respondents for this study. A twenty-eight-item questionnaire, which focused on the frequency of use of pre, while, and post-reading strategies was utilised in the study. It was found that both of the ESL high and low achievers frequently used certain reading strategies to grasp the meaning of the text. The ESL high achievers were also reported to significantly use post-reading strategies more frequently as compared to the ESL low achievers who tended to use while- reading strategies more frequently. The findings suggest that the use of appropriate reading strategies should be exposed to students to help them enhance their comprehension of a reading text and make them become better readers. Elsevier 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc_nd http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6661/1/Differences_in_Reading_Strategies-_How_esl_Learners_Really_Read.pdf Noli Maishara, Nordin and Sabariah, Md. Rashid and Sharifah Intan Safina, Syed Zubir and Roslan, Sadjirin (2013) Differences in Reading Strategies: How esl Learners Really Read. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 90. pp. 468-477. ISSN 1877-0428 (print); 1877-0428 (online) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.07.116 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.07.116
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description	Students’ comprehension of a text relies much on the use of appropriate reading strategies during the activity. The use of such strategies would improve students’ comprehension of the text, which, in turn helps them in their academic achievement at large. This study aimed to investigate the reading strategies used by ESL learners at tertiary level. Specifically, it aimed to identify the reading strategies frequently used by the ESL high and low achievers. It also aimed to find out whether there was any significant different in the type of strategies used by each group of ESL achievers. Forty undergraduate students were randomly selected as the respondents for this study. A twenty-eight-item questionnaire, which focused on the frequency of use of pre, while, and post-reading strategies was utilised in the study. It was found that both of the ESL high and low achievers frequently used certain reading strategies to grasp the meaning of the text. The ESL high achievers were also reported to significantly use post-reading strategies more frequently as compared to the ESL low achievers who tended to use while- reading strategies more frequently. The findings suggest that the use of appropriate reading strategies should be exposed to students to help them enhance their comprehension of a reading text and make them become better readers.
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author	Noli Maishara, Nordin Sabariah, Md. Rashid Sharifah Intan Safina, Syed Zubir Roslan, Sadjirin
author_facet	Noli Maishara, Nordin Sabariah, Md. Rashid Sharifah Intan Safina, Syed Zubir Roslan, Sadjirin
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title	Differences in Reading Strategies: How esl Learners Really Read
title_short	Differences in Reading Strategies: How esl Learners Really Read
title_full	Differences in Reading Strategies: How esl Learners Really Read
title_fullStr	Differences in Reading Strategies: How esl Learners Really Read
title_full_unstemmed	Differences in Reading Strategies: How esl Learners Really Read
title_sort	differences in reading strategies: how esl learners really read
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2013
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