Incorporating reading strategies for EFL undergraduate learners in Saudi Arabia: A think-aloud study [version 2; peer review: 3 approved]

ABSTRACT: Background: In language learning, reading is a skill that enables interaction with a text in whatever field of knowledge the learner is pursuing. Readers tend to use strategies such as comprehension, interpretation and conception of decoding written language and texts to enhance their reading capacity. This research explores the reading strategies applied by Saudi English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners and compares the reading abilities of male and female EFL students. Methods: The study interviewed three EFL students about the reading strategies they applied while reading passages and texts. Then an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) reading test was handed over to 26 randomly selected students. Results: The study found that the reading strategies used by the stud

SUBMITTER: Al-Ahdal A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9647143 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature