AN INVESTIGATION OF ESL READING STRATEGIES USED BY VIETNAMESE NON-ENGLISH MAJORED STUDENTS

  • Thi Bich Hanh Nguyen
Keywords: ESL reading strategies, strategy preference, reading ability, Vietnamese non-English majored students

Abstract

This study investigated Vietnamese non-English majored students’ English reading strategy use and its relationship with their self-perceived English reading ability. Sixty-seven Vietnamese freshmen self-rated their reading ability and completed the Survey of Reading Strategies measuring their use of global, problem-solving, and support strategies. The results revealed a fairly regular use of reading strategies for English texts by Vietnamese non-English majors, with support strategies being the most frequently employed and followed by global and problem-solving strategies. In addition, students with self-rated reading ability at pre-intermediate level used global and problem-solving strategies at a significantly higher frequency than did students with self-rated reading ability at elementary level, while no significant differences were shown for support strategies. These suggested that Vietnamese non-English majored students are fairly strategic readers in English and students who perceive themselves as better readers appear to have higher strategic awareness and thus, more frequently employ reading strategies

điểm /   đánh giá
Published
2022-11-18