Volume 29, No. 1 An exploratory study of NNES graduate students’ reading comprehension of English journal articles

An exploratory study of NNES graduate students’ reading comprehension of English journal articles

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Volume 29, No. 1
contributor.author:
Chen, Kate Tzu-Ching
date.accessioned:
2020-05-22T02:25:22Z
date.available:
2020-05-22T02:25:22Z
date.issued:
2017-04
description.abstract:
The academic success of non-native English speaker (NNES) graduate students greatly relies on their ability to read and comprehend English journal articles (EJA). The purpose of this study was to identify NNES graduate students’ comprehension difficulties and reading strategies when reading EJA. In addition, the study explored how the relationship between reading difficulties and reading strategies are characterized. The study participants were 456 graduate students undertaking various majors in Taiwan. Both survey and interview methods were employed. The results of the study revealed that the participating students had medium-to-high levels of reading comprehension difficulties and that they tried to use various reading strategies. There is a significantly negative correlation between EJA reading difficulties and reading strategies.
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endingpage:
35
identifier.doi:
10125/66726
identifier.issn:
1539-0578
identifier.uri:
http://hdl.handle.net/10125/66726
number:
1
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
rfl.topic:
The Reading Process
site_url:
/rfl/item/365
startingpage:
20
subject:
English journal articles (EJA) non-native English speaker (NNES) graduate students reading comprehension difficulties reading comprehension strategies Taiwan
title:
An exploratory study of NNES graduate students’ reading comprehension of English journal articles
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Article
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Text
volume:
29