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Keeping my brain on reading: assessing metacognitive reading strategy awareness of ESL learners

Symposium of International Language & Knowledge (SiLK 2014), 14th-16th Feb 2014 was held at Hydro Hotel, Penang organized by Centre for International Languages, Universiti Malaysia Perlis.

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Main Authors: Rozilawati, Mahadi, Suhaidah, Said, Latisha Asmaak, Shafie
Other Authors: kabx1rmi@nottingham.edu.my
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Perlis 2014
Subjects:
Reading ability
Reading strategies
Meta-cognitive awareness
English as second language (ESL)
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/34621
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spelling my.unimap-346212014-05-22T04:32:25Z Keeping my brain on reading: assessing metacognitive reading strategy awareness of ESL learners Rozilawati, Mahadi Suhaidah, Said Latisha Asmaak, Shafie kabx1rmi@nottingham.edu.my Reading ability Reading strategies Meta-cognitive awareness English as second language (ESL) Symposium of International Language & Knowledge (SiLK 2014), 14th-16th Feb 2014 was held at Hydro Hotel, Penang organized by Centre for International Languages, Universiti Malaysia Perlis. The current burden of university students nowadays is to read a large volume of academic texts in English. However, many of them are under prepared for the reading demands placed on them (Dreyer & Nel, 2003). For students whose exposure to English is quite limited, reading becomes one of the most crucial problems during learning. Majority of them show inability to read selectively, they often present low level of reading strategy knowledge and lack the strategies needed to successfully comprehend expository texts (Dreyer, 1998; Van Wyk, 2001) As a result, they might dwell in their inappropriate reading habits without knowing how to read effectively. Research shows that there is a positive relationship between students‟ meta-cognitive awareness of reading processes and their ability to read and excel academically (Alderson 1984; Carrell 1991; Chan 2003; Mokhtari & Sheorey 2002; Singhal 2001).This study examined the level of meta-cognitive reading awareness of ESL learners in a public university and investigated the type of strategy used by them while reading. Apparently, this study bears crucial pedagogical implications in the teaching of reading for ESL learners. 2014-05-22T04:32:25Z 2014-05-22T04:32:25Z 2014-02 Working Paper http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/34621 en Proceeding of Symposium of International Language & Knowledge (SiLK 14);2014 Universiti Malaysia Perlis Centre of International Languages
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topic Reading ability
Reading strategies
Meta-cognitive awareness
English as second language (ESL)
spellingShingle Reading ability
Reading strategies
Meta-cognitive awareness
English as second language (ESL)
Rozilawati, Mahadi
Suhaidah, Said
Latisha Asmaak, Shafie
Keeping my brain on reading: assessing metacognitive reading strategy awareness of ESL learners
description Symposium of International Language & Knowledge (SiLK 2014), 14th-16th Feb 2014 was held at Hydro Hotel, Penang organized by Centre for International Languages, Universiti Malaysia Perlis.
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Rozilawati, Mahadi
Suhaidah, Said
Latisha Asmaak, Shafie
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author Rozilawati, Mahadi
Suhaidah, Said
Latisha Asmaak, Shafie
author_sort Rozilawati, Mahadi
title Keeping my brain on reading: assessing metacognitive reading strategy awareness of ESL learners
title_short Keeping my brain on reading: assessing metacognitive reading strategy awareness of ESL learners
title_full Keeping my brain on reading: assessing metacognitive reading strategy awareness of ESL learners
title_fullStr Keeping my brain on reading: assessing metacognitive reading strategy awareness of ESL learners
title_full_unstemmed Keeping my brain on reading: assessing metacognitive reading strategy awareness of ESL learners
title_sort keeping my brain on reading: assessing metacognitive reading strategy awareness of esl learners
publisher Universiti Malaysia Perlis
publishDate 2014
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/dspace/handle/123456789/34621
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