Involving Technical University Learners in an EFL Reading Course: A Socio-cultural and Cooperative Approach

• Main Author: Ming, Yueh Shen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: INTI International University 2007
• Subjects: L Education (General); PE English
• Online Access: http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1253/1/127.pdf; http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1253/

This paper reports the results of a reading course theoretically underpinned by socio-cultural theory as well as the notion of cooperative learning. The aim of the instructional program was to engage the low proficiency and low-motivated EFL learners in reading by exposing them to several types of a...