Date of Award
1-1-2000
Thesis Type
Masters
Document Type
Thesis
Divisions
Faculty of Education
Department
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Institution
Universiti Malaya
Abstract
This study aimed to determine the awareness and application of reading comprehension strategies by high and low proficiency ESL students. The study also related strategy use to the variables of language proficiency, gender and language background and included an analysis of variation in the use of individual strategies. The study adopted a qualitative case study design using eight high and low proficiency students from a Form Four class. The subject were purposively selected to ensure that there was a difference in language proficiency, gender and language background. The study addressed the following research questions: 1) How do !he high and low proficiency ESL reading comprehension students differ in their awareness of reading comprehension strategies?. 2) How do the high and low comprehension ESL students differ in their use of reading comprehension strategies when completing the same task? . 3) How do the use of reading strategies relate to the variables of gender, language proficiency and language background? Data pertaining to subjects' strategy awareness was obtained from their performance on the Index of Reading Awareness. Data pertaining to the subjects' application and regulation of strategies was obtained through the think aloud protocols and retrospectives interviews while the subjects performed the two cloze passages. The findings indicated that the high and low proficiency ESL subject knowledge and awareness of reading comprehension strategies was almost similar. The findings also indicated that some significant differences in strategy application and regulation does exist. A comparison of strategy use through the think-aloud showed that the high and low proficiency subjects differed significantly in their approaches to the same reading task. The findings also indicated variation in overall strategy and category of strategy use according to language proficiency, gender and language background when the high and low proficiency subjects of this study were compared.
Additional Information
Dissertation (M.A) -- Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya, 2000
Recommended Citation
Bhan Singh, Joginder Kaur, "Reading comprehension strategies of form four ESL students : a case study / Joginder Kaur a/p Bhan Singh" (2000). Student Works (2000-2009). 144.
https://knova.um.edu.my/student_works_2000s/144
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