Investigation of Reading Strategies: I. Manipulating Strategies through Payoff Conditions

the impact of explicit instruction of top-down reading strategies on reading comprehension of intermediate efl learners

this study investigated (a) the learners’ existing reading strategy repertoire, (b) the effect of instruction in reading strategies on learners’ strategic performance, and (c) the effect of explicit instruction in top-down reading strategies on reading comprehension ability of intermediate learners. the study was conducted with 40 intermediate efl learners in two groups of experimental and cont...

Assessing Reading Comprehension Strategies under Three Learning Conditions

The purpose of this study was to measure reading comprehension strategies when Tell Me More and Sweet English software were utilized to enhance the traditional reading comprehension practice. The study focused on evaluation of four strategies (i.e., scanning, skimming, inferencing and headline guessing) in reading comprehension in three different classes at an English language Institute in Iran...

the effect of explicit instruction of metacognitive strategies on reading comprehension among iranian high school students

the present study seeks to determine the effect of explicit instruction of metacognitive strategies on iranian high school students’ reading comprehension ability. it also attempts to investigate the relationship between the learners reading comprehension and metacognitive strategies. furthermore, the study investigates whether iranian efl female high school students are high, medium, or low me...

the relationship between metacognitive reading strategies and reading comprehension level of iranian efl learners

چکیده دراین مطالعه رابطه ای، ارتباط بین استراتژی های فراشناخت درک مطلب و سطح درک مطلب زبان آموزان ایرانی مورد کاوش و بررسی قرار گرفت. بررسی رابطه بین استراتژی های فراشناخت درک مطلب با نگرش دانشجویان نسبت به زبان انگلیسی هدف دیگری بود که در این تحقیق دنبال شد. همچنین رابطه بین استراتژی های فراشناخت درک مطلب و جنسیت زبان آموزان ایرانی در این تحقیق مورد بررسی قرار گرفت. اطلاعات بدست آمده نشا...

Reading Strategies and Learning outcomes