The investigation of EFL Zakho University Students' awareness and perceived use of reading strategies Belend Najib Mosa; Supervisor: Behbud Muhammedzade

Yazar: Katkıda bulunan(lar):Dil: İngilizce Yayın ayrıntıları:Nicosia Cyprus International University 2015Tanım: XI, 104 p. color table, color figure, color chart, 30.5 cm CDİçerik türü:
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1 CHAPTER ONE
1 Introduction
1 The Background of the study
2 Statement of the Problem
3 Purpose of the Study
3 Research Questions
4 Scope of the Study
4 Originality of the study
5 Limitation of the Study
6 Structure of the study
7 CHAPTER TWO
7 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
7 Introduction
7 Reading and Reading Strategies
7 Reading
9 Type of Reading that are Commonly Used
10 Reading Strategies
12 Models of Reading
13 Bottom-up Processing
13 Top-down Processing
15 Schema Theory
16 Interaction Model
16 Classification of Reading Strategies
18 Reading Strategy instruction
19 Instructional Models in Reading Strategy Traning
21 Implementation of Strategies Reading Instruction
24 Difficulties of Reading Comprehension Strategy Instruction
24 Factors Affecting Reading Comprehension
26 Related Studies on the Use of Reading Strategies in Different Perspective
26 The Use of Reading Strategies by Effective and Ineffective Learners
28 The Use of Reading Strategies by Learnrs with Low and High English Language Proficiency Performance
31 The Use of Reading Strategies Between Male and Female Learners
35 CHAPTER THREE
35 METHODOLOGY
36 Aim of the Study
36 Research Design
36 Setting of the Study
36 Participants
36 Instruments
36 Educational Background Questionnaire
37 Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS) Questionnaire
38 Advantages of Questionnaires
38 Limitations of Questionnaire
38 Reading Comprehension Test
39 Data Collection
39 Data Analysis
40 Statistical Means
41 CHAPTER FOUR
41 DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
41 General Information about the Participants
48 Results Analysis and Discussion Related to Research Question1
52 Result Analysis and Discussion Related to Research Question 2
54 Results Analysis and Discussion Related to Research Question 3.1
57 Results Analysis and Discussion Related to Research Question 3.2
60 Results Analysis and Discussion Related to Research Question 3.3
62 Results Analysis and Discussion Related to Research Question 3.4
64 Results Analysis and Discussion Related to Research Question 4
66 CHAPTIVE FIVE
66 CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATION
66 Conclusion
68 Impaction
69 Recommendations For Further Studies
71 REFERENCES
83 APPENDENCES
Özet: 'ABSTRACT Reading provides the major source of L2 knowledge in language learning. Being able to read and to comprehend what to read is supposed to be a desired goal for all language learners. Furthermore, reading can be more effective and efficient if it is accompanied by appropriate reading strategies. The current research, which is based on a descriptive design, aimed to investigate the students' awareness of reading strategies and explored the use of strategies by the students while reading academic materials. It also aimed to investigate the possible relationships, if any, between the students\' performance of reading comprehension test and their strategy use. This study aims to observe the possible relationships, if any, between the students\' gender and reading strategy use. The present study sampled the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year male and female students from the College of Humanity at Zakho University majoring in English language in Kurdistan for the scholarly year 2014-2015. 102 participants (55 females and 47 males) participated in this study. A quantitative research method was utilised to collect data. The participants were administered with a background questionnaire prepared by the researcher, the Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS) developed by Mokhtari and Sheorey (2002), and an English reading comprehension test. The quantitative data were collected and analysed by the SPSS program. The data provided some interesting findings, such as the global strategies were the highly used strategies followed by the problem solving strategies. While support strategies ranked the least used strategies among the participants. Furthermore, the results showed the positive correlation between learner's performance in English reading comprehension test and the reading strategy use with its subscales (global, problem solving, and support strategies). This study provided some other results, that reading English materials other than course books had no influence on strategy use, i.e. there was no correlation between the use of strategies with its subscales and reading English materials other than course books. Finding also, discovered that there was no correlation between gender and the strategy use, i.e. both male and female used strategies with almost identical number of frequency. '
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Thesis Thesis CIU LIBRARY Tez Koleksiyonu Tez Koleksiyonu YL 517 M67 2015 (Rafa gözat(Aşağıda açılır)) Kullanılabilir English Language Teaching Department T572
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'ABSTRACT Reading provides the major source of L2 knowledge in language learning. Being able to read and to comprehend what to read is supposed to be a desired goal for all language learners. Furthermore, reading can be more effective and efficient if it is accompanied by appropriate reading strategies. The current research, which is based on a descriptive design, aimed to investigate the students' awareness of reading strategies and explored the use of strategies by the students while reading academic materials. It also aimed to investigate the possible relationships, if any, between the students\' performance of reading comprehension test and their strategy use. This study aims to observe the possible relationships, if any, between the students\' gender and reading strategy use. The present study sampled the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year male and female students from the College of Humanity at Zakho University majoring in English language in Kurdistan for the scholarly year 2014-2015. 102 participants (55 females and 47 males) participated in this study. A quantitative research method was utilised to collect data. The participants were administered with a background questionnaire prepared by the researcher, the Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS) developed by Mokhtari and Sheorey (2002), and an English reading comprehension test. The quantitative data were collected and analysed by the SPSS program. The data provided some interesting findings, such as the global strategies were the highly used strategies followed by the problem solving strategies. While support strategies ranked the least used strategies among the participants. Furthermore, the results showed the positive correlation between learner's performance in English reading comprehension test and the reading strategy use with its subscales (global, problem solving, and support strategies). This study provided some other results, that reading English materials other than course books had no influence on strategy use, i.e. there was no correlation between the use of strategies with its subscales and reading English materials other than course books. Finding also, discovered that there was no correlation between gender and the strategy use, i.e. both male and female used strategies with almost identical number of frequency. '

1 CHAPTER ONE

1 Introduction

1 The Background of the study

2 Statement of the Problem

3 Purpose of the Study

3 Research Questions

4 Scope of the Study

4 Originality of the study

5 Limitation of the Study

6 Structure of the study

7 CHAPTER TWO

7 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

7 Introduction

7 Reading and Reading Strategies

7 Reading

9 Type of Reading that are Commonly Used

10 Reading Strategies

12 Models of Reading

13 Bottom-up Processing

13 Top-down Processing

15 Schema Theory

16 Interaction Model

16 Classification of Reading Strategies

18 Reading Strategy instruction

19 Instructional Models in Reading Strategy Traning

21 Implementation of Strategies Reading Instruction

24 Difficulties of Reading Comprehension Strategy Instruction

24 Factors Affecting Reading Comprehension

26 Related Studies on the Use of Reading Strategies in Different Perspective

26 The Use of Reading Strategies by Effective and Ineffective Learners

28 The Use of Reading Strategies by Learnrs with Low and High English Language Proficiency Performance

31 The Use of Reading Strategies Between Male and Female Learners

35 CHAPTER THREE

35 METHODOLOGY

36 Aim of the Study

36 Research Design

36 Setting of the Study

36 Participants

36 Instruments

36 Educational Background Questionnaire

37 Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS) Questionnaire

38 Advantages of Questionnaires

38 Limitations of Questionnaire

38 Reading Comprehension Test

39 Data Collection

39 Data Analysis

40 Statistical Means

41 CHAPTER FOUR

41 DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION

41 General Information about the Participants

48 Results Analysis and Discussion Related to Research Question1

52 Result Analysis and Discussion Related to Research Question 2

54 Results Analysis and Discussion Related to Research Question 3.1

57 Results Analysis and Discussion Related to Research Question 3.2

60 Results Analysis and Discussion Related to Research Question 3.3

62 Results Analysis and Discussion Related to Research Question 3.4

64 Results Analysis and Discussion Related to Research Question 4

66 CHAPTIVE FIVE

66 CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATION

66 Conclusion

68 Impaction

69 Recommendations For Further Studies

71 REFERENCES

83 APPENDENCES

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