The Relationship among Elementary English as a Foreign Language Learners’ Hemispheric Dominance, Metacognitive Reading Strategies Preferences, and Reading Comprehension

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ali Arabmofrad ◽  
Mehdi Badi ◽  
Mehran Rajaee Pitehnoee
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Hemispheric Dominance ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
Metacognitive Reading Strategies ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Elementary English

scholarly journals Metacognitive Reading Strategies Use by English and French Foreign Language Learners

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-262
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
English Language ◽  
French Language ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
Support Strategies ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
Metacognitive Reading Strategies ◽  
Global Strategies

he present study aims to investigate the use of metacognitive reading strategies by 240 fourth-year students majoring in English Language and Literature or French Language and Literature at Jordanian universities. The Survey of Reading Strategies Questionnaire (SORS) (Mokhtari and Sheorey, 2002) was used for data collection. It consists of 30 items divided into three reading strategies: Problem Solving strategies, Support strategies, and Global strategies. The findings showed that English language learners and French language learners reported moderate use of metacognitive reading strategies and a tendency towards the use of Global reading strategy (M= 3.06) more than Support (M= 3.01) and Problem Solving (M= 2.88) strategies. Significant differences existed in the categories of metacognitive reading strategies use between the two groups of the study. The findings indicated that foreign language learners might recognize which strategies to use, but they may not have knowledge of how to use them successfully. They need to know how to use reading strategies correctly not only to know which strategies to employ. It is recommended that larger-scale studies be conducted to investigate the relationship among reading strategies of language learners, texts of different difficulties and lengths, and learning styles. Keywords: Metacognitive reading strategies, global strategies, support strategies, problem.

scholarly journals English as a Foreign Language Learners’ Major and Meta-cognitive Reading Strategy Use at Al-Balqa Applied University

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Tamador Khalaf Abu-Snoubar
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Order Problem ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
Metacognitive Reading Strategies ◽  
Humanities Students

This quantitative study aimed to investigate and compare the use of metacognitive reading Strategies among English as a foreign language students at Al-Balqa Applied University based on their academic field of study. The Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS) (Mokhtari & Sheory, 2002) was the instrument employed. This survey divides the strategies into three categories: global, problem solving and support strategies. The 86 participants are enrolled in different academic fields of study and were classified into two groups: students of the faculties of humanities (39=45.3%) and scientific faculties students (47=54.7%). The participants proved to be high users of the overall strategies (M=3.6023, S.D.=1.3189) and they employed the strategies in the following order: problem solving, support and global. No statistically significant changes were found between the two groups concerning at the significance level of 0.05. The most employed strategy by the humanities students was the support strategy “I go back and forth in the text to find relationships among ideas in it” (M=4.5385, S.D.=.83661). The scientific faculties students top ranked strategy was problem solving “I read slowly and carefully to make sure I understand what I am reading” (M=4.2128, S.D.=0.8831). The finding obtained would help EFL curricula planners and teachers to deepen their understanding of the learners’ reading procedures.

Self-Efficacy Sources, Reading Self-Efficacy, Metacognitive Reading Strategies and Reading Comprehension Performance: A Correlational Study in Saudi EFL Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-35
Author(s):  
Muhammad Waleed Shehzad ◽  
Ishtiaq Hussain ◽  
Amer Akhtar ◽  
Saadia Fatima
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Physiological State ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Efficacy Beliefs ◽  
Correlational Design ◽  
Metacognitive Reading Strategies ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The intended aim of this research was to identify the connection of Self-Efficacy Sources (SES) and Metacognitive Reading Strategies (MCRS) with Reading Comprehension (RC) by deploying reading Self-Efficacy Beliefs (SEB) as a mediating construct. A correlational design was utilized. Proportionate stratified random sampling was deployed to select a sample of 383 Saudi EFL university learners. Questionnaires and a reading comprehension test were employed to gather the data. Structural equation modelling was used to test the relationships. Results indicated that SES were substantially associated with SEB except physiological state. Moreover, all the three MCRS showed significant and positive association with SEB. Also, SEB were substantially associated with RC. Regarding mediation, it was discovered that SEB mediated the relationship among SES and RC except one source, i.e., physiological state. Moreover, SEB mediated the association between all the three MCRS and RC. This study provides several implications for learners, teachers, and policymakers. Keywords: Metacognitive Reading Strategies, Self-efficacy Sources, Reading Self-efficacy Beliefs, Reading Comprehension, Saudi EFL Learners

scholarly journals Effect of Paper and E-Dictionaries on Iranian EFL Learners' Reading Comprehension

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
Shiva Grami ◽  
Mahmood Hashemian
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
Paired Samples ◽  
Treatment Design

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of paper and e-dictionaries on Iranian intermediate learners' reading comprehension. To this end, 90 female English Foreign language learners were randomly selected and assigned into 2 experimental groups (e-dictionaries and paper dictionaries groups) and 1 control group. All the groups took a pretest using no dictionaries. After 2 weeks of treatment design for the experimental groups, all the 3 groups took part in the posttest. The experimental groups did their task with their relevant dictionaries, whereas the control group did their task without using any kind of dictionary. Data were analyzed through analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and paired samples t test. Results showed that the participants’ reading comprehension improved from the pretest to the posttest in both experimental groups. Results also indicated that the learners in the e-dictionaries group outperformed those in the paper dictionaries group. The outcome of study reveals that e-dictionaries could improve students’ reading comprehension by motivating them, shortening the time of searching words and reading a text, and increasing the number of look ups. 

Patterns of Vocabulary Development in Foreign-Language Learners

1987 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rolf Palmberg
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Time Pressure ◽  
Vocabulary Development ◽  
Vocabulary Knowledge ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Introductory Discussion ◽  
The Relationship

After an introductory discussion of the concepts of vocabulary knowledge continua and foreign-language learners' mental lexicons, the paper presents the results of a longitudinal pilot study whose aim was to make preliminary insights into vocabulary development as it takes place in an ordinary foreign-language classroom setting involving elementary-level Swedish-speaking learners of English. The results are discussed in terms of vocabulary growth in general, the learners' accessibility to words under time pressure, the relationship between “old,” well-known words and newly learned words, and finally, the stability of the learners' immediate access to words.

scholarly journals FRAME MARKERS AND COHERENCE IN L2 ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAYS

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-71
Author(s):  
Višnja Pavičić Takač ◽  
Sanja Vakanjac Ivezić
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Academic Literacy ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
Language Knowledge ◽  
L2 Learners ◽  
Argumentative Essays ◽  
The Relationship

Academic literacy includes the learners’ ability to use their language knowledge to form articulate texts. In communicative competence models this ability is subsumed under the notion of discourse competence which includes the concepts of cohesion and coherence. Starting from the premise that constructing a coherent text entails efficient use of metadiscourse (i.e. means of explicit text organisation) this study focuses on elements referring to discourse acts, text sequences or stages called frame markers, i.e. items providing framing information about elements of the discourse and functioning to sequence, label, predict and shift arguments, making the discourse clear to readers or listeners (Hyland 2005). It analyses patterns of L2 learners’ use of frame markers, compares them to English native speakers’, and explores the relationship between frame markers and coherence. The corpus includes 80 argumentative essays written by early undergraduate Croatian L2 learners of English at B2 level. The results indicate that foreign language learners’ argumentative essays are characterized by an overuse of a limited set of frame markers. Finally, implications are drawn for teaching and further research.

scholarly journals THE IMPACTS OF EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS ON COHESIVE DEVICES ON IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSION

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Thi Ly
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Training Procedure ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
Experimental Teaching ◽  
Cohesive Devices ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Comprehension Tests

This action research examines the effectiveness of an explicit cohesive device training procedure on improving foreign language learners’ reading comprehension. The research was carried out in a six-week experimental teaching procces for a class of 24 non-English majored students with the aid of two main data collection instruments, including two reading comprehension tests (a pre-test and a post-test) and a survey questionnaire. The data was mainly analyzed quantitatively using the Paired Sample T-tests. The overall result revealed that there was a significant improvement on students’ reading comprehension, which indicated that the technique worked well and was found effective in the study.

scholarly journals The relationship between language learning experience, motivation and some other individual variables of mature foreign language learners

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 69-79
Author(s):  
Zofia Chłopek
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Learner Motivation ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
Individual Variables ◽  
The Relationship

The present paper investigates the issue of motivation of foreign language learners. The main research question, concerning a possible link between the amount of language learning experience and learner motivation, remains unanswered. However, it turns out that a few learner characteristics which some researchers believe to correlate with language learning experience can probably serve as good predictors of foreign language learners’ motivation.

scholarly journals The Effect of Using KWL (Know-Want-Learned) Strategy on Reading Comprehension Of 5th Grade EFL Students in Kuwait

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Amel AlAdwani ◽  
Anam AlFadley ◽  
Maha AlGasab ◽  
Ahmad F. Alnwaiem
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Metacognitive Strategies ◽  
School Students ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Metacognitive Reading Strategies

Metacognitive reading strategies play an essential role in improving reading comprehension. This study explores the effects of English metacognitive reading strategies and reading comprehension in Kuwaiti primary school students as foreign language learners; this experimental study tries to find a relationship between students' metacognitive strategies, metacognitive strategies, and students' reading performance. Participants were fifth grade EFL students in Kuwait primary education government public schools. The students' reading comprehension was evaluated. Comprehension tracking strategies were measured using Metacognitive strategies (K-W-L Plus). While the experimental groups (B) received instructions according to (K-W-L Plus) techniques, the control (A) group was trained with the traditional teaching approach based on the Kuwait national curriculum school textbooks. A questionnaire investigating the use of English and perceived English proficiency was also conducted. The results revealed that Perceived proficiency in English was not determined by the early or late pre-school age of second language acquisition. Also, bilingual students with perceived proficiency in English had better meta-cognitive reading skills than low perceived proficiency in English. Comprehension monitoring and (K-W-L) strategy was adequate and the most important predictor of reading comprehension among all students in the research sample.

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