Difficulties encountered by low proficiency ESL students in reading online academic texts

• Main Authors: Romly, Raihana, Abd. Rahman, Shazwani, Md. Supie, Hawa Syamsina, Syed Nasharudin, Sharifah Nadia
• Format: Article
• Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2018
• Subjects: L Education (General); PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/86899/; http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v8-i2/3897

Reading is the key component for academic success for ESL students because they are required to read various materials in English. However, reading difficulties may become an obstacle for them to gain knowledge from online sources especially for ESL readers. Therefore, the purpose of this study is t...