The effect of strategy training in the comprehension of academic reading materials
<p>Reading skills play an important role in mastering a language and</p><p>knowledge. Therefore it is important to expose students to practice strategic</p><p>reading habits since it will assist them to perform in academic journey...
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oai:ir.upsi.edu.my:116062024-11-05 The effect of strategy training in the comprehension of academic reading materials 2010 Azuro Umairah Mohd Rozin <p>Reading skills play an important role in mastering a language and</p><p>knowledge. Therefore it is important to expose students to practice strategic</p><p>reading habits since it will assist them to perform in academic journey. The</p><p>current investigation aims to observe the effect of reading strategies training</p><p>towards subjects reading comprehension performance as well as the subjects</p><p>level of awareness utilizing reading strategies when they perform their reading</p><p>tasks. The subjects in this investigation were 30 first semester students from the</p><p>Commerce Department of Sultan Azlan Shah Polytechnic. 15 subjects were</p><p>Diploma of Marketing (DPR) students and another 15 subjects were Diploma of</p><p>Accountancy (DAT) students. DPR students were assigned to the experimental</p><p>group meanwhile DAT students were assigned to the control group. The</p><p>experimental group undergone 60 minute reading strategy training for 12 weeks</p><p>meanwhile the control group did not receive any training. In order to observe the</p><p>effect of the training, pre-test and post-test for reading comprehension test and</p><p>survey on reading strategies (SORS) were administered to the experimental</p><p>group. The pre-test and post-test were also conducted to the control group so that</p><p>the performance for both group could be compared. The data obtained from the</p><p>tests were analyzed via SPSS. The t-test conducted had revealed that the</p><p>experimental group showed a significant improvement in reading comprehension</p><p>test score and survey on reading strategy score. This evidence has proven that the</p><p>reading strategy training exposed to the experimental group managed to facilitate</p><p>the subjects to read and further perform better in comprehending the reading text.</p> 2010 thesis https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=11606 https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=11606 text eng openAccess Masters Perpustakaan Tuanku Bainun Fakulti Bahasa dan Komunikasi N/A |
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<p>Reading skills play an important role in mastering a language and</p><p>knowledge. Therefore it is important to expose students to practice strategic</p><p>reading habits since it will assist them to perform in academic journey. The</p><p>current investigation aims to observe the effect of reading strategies training</p><p>towards subjects reading comprehension performance as well as the subjects</p><p>level of awareness utilizing reading strategies when they perform their reading</p><p>tasks. The subjects in this investigation were 30 first semester students from the</p><p>Commerce Department of Sultan Azlan Shah Polytechnic. 15 subjects were</p><p>Diploma of Marketing (DPR) students and another 15 subjects were Diploma of</p><p>Accountancy (DAT) students. DPR students were assigned to the experimental</p><p>group meanwhile DAT students were assigned to the control group. The</p><p>experimental group undergone 60 minute reading strategy training for 12 weeks</p><p>meanwhile the control group did not receive any training. In order to observe the</p><p>effect of the training, pre-test and post-test for reading comprehension test and</p><p>survey on reading strategies (SORS) were administered to the experimental</p><p>group. The pre-test and post-test were also conducted to the control group so that</p><p>the performance for both group could be compared. The data obtained from the</p><p>tests were analyzed via SPSS. The t-test conducted had revealed that the</p><p>experimental group showed a significant improvement in reading comprehension</p><p>test score and survey on reading strategy score. This evidence has proven that the</p><p>reading strategy training exposed to the experimental group managed to facilitate</p><p>the subjects to read and further perform better in comprehending the reading text.</p> |
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