Reading comprehension and strategy awareness of Grade 11 English second language learners

Reading & Writing

 
 
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Title Reading comprehension and strategy awareness of Grade 11 English second language learners
 
Creator Cekiso, Madoda
 
Subject — reading; reading strategies; strategy instruction; reading comprehension; modelling
Description The aim of this study was to examine the reading strategies used by Grade 11 English Second Language (ESL) learners and the possible effects of reading instruction on their reading comprehension and strategy awareness. A quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test control group design was used. The participants included a total of 60 Grade 11 learners from a high school. The results of this study indicate that (1) learners who received reading strategy instruction scored both statistically and practically significantly higher marks on the reading comprehension test than those in the control group and (2) explicit instruction in the use of reading strategies was essential to bring about the increased use of reading strategies of learners in the experimental group. The study has implications for learners, teachers, university students and lecturers.
 
Publisher AOSIS Publishing
 
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Date 2012-11-27
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — —
Format text/html application/octet-stream text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/rw.v3i1.23
 
Source Reading & Writing; Vol 3, No 1 (2012); 8 pages 2308-1422 2079-8245
 
Language eng
 
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