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Adunyarittigun, Dumrong – rEFLections, 2021
This research investigated what reading strategies Thai college EFL students who were identified as nonproficient readers are aware of and what reading strategies they use. Data were gathered from a questionnaire, think-aloud and interviews. The analysis identified 3 broad categories of 16 reading strategies employed by the nonproficient readers:…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reading Strategies, Syntax, Protocol Analysis
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Poomarin, Wanpen; Adunyarittigun, Dumrong – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2020
Self-perception, which mediates between knowledge and behavior, increasingly plays an important role in the determination of the ability to comprehend and respond to information on the Internet. Teachers need to gain insights about how EFL readers feel about themselves as readers in the Internet-based learning environment. There is a critical need…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), College Students
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Kasemsap, Bharani; Lee, Hugo Yu-Hsiu – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2015
This study aims to explore the application of reading strategies to the reading of English texts by Thai vocational college students. Data were collected via questionnaire surveys, think-aloud experiments and semi-structured interviews. The research results reveal different typologies of reading strategies adopted by lower and higher level English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Vocational Education
Pookcharoen, Suphawat – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Having the skills and strategies to comprehend and respond to information on the Internet plays a crucial role in students' success in a digital information age. Defined as the deliberate conscious control of one's own cognitive actions, metacognitive reading strategies can help readers overcome problems they encounter and ultimately achieve…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Reading Comprehension, Protocol Analysis, Reading Tests
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Bell, Joyce – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2008
Many factors influence students' reading practices. In the case of international students, home country educational practices and socio-cultural factors may pose a greater influence than for local students. This study reported here, part of a larger study, investigated the intertextual framing practices used in reading by a cohort of Thai…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Graduate Students, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students
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Bell, Joyce – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2007
The importance of reading for academic study cannot be overemphasized. At the postgraduate level, students are faced with complex text interpretation processes. Yet, while concerns have been expressed regarding the English as a second language literacy (Fitzgerald, 1995), few international students have been asked for their views on their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Metacognition