Article
Reading Comprehension Strategies among EFL Learners in Higher Learning Institutions
Arab World English Journal
(2018)
Abstract
A variety of reading strategies are required to comprehend reading materials. Without effective reading strategies, students mostly face reading comprehension difficulties. This study aims to investigate reading comprehension strategies among English foreign language (EFL) learners in higher learning institutions. The study employed qualitative method and 10 Arab students of Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) and Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) were interviewed. Inductive thematic approach was used to analyze data. The findings indicates that the most commonly used reading strategies among the EFL learners are logical knowledge (under linguistic schema), formal construction (under formal schema), cultural knowledge (under cultural schema), and prior knowledge and conceptual knowledge (under content schema). This study concludes that reading strategies help the EFL learners in understanding English reading materials. To improve reading strategies for EFL learners, there is a need for collective effort of English language teachers, curriculum designers, educationists, education policy makers, and theEFL learners themselves.
Keywords
- Arab EFL learners,
- comprehension,
- higher institutions,
- reading strategies
Disciplines
Publication Date
Summer June 15, 2018
DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/vol9no2.21
Citation Information
Hamza Al-Jarrah & Nur Salina binti Ismail. "Reading Comprehension Strategies among EFL Learners in Higher Learning Institutions" Arab World English Journal Vol. 9 Iss. 2 (2018) p. 315 - 328 ISSN: 2229-9327 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/arabworldenglishjournal-awej/497/