Developing reading strategies in elementary EFL classrooms
Abstract
The present study focuses on the development of the reading comprehension skill, which is regarded as an active and strategic process during which readers deploy a number of reading strategies in order to construct meaning from English as a foreign language (EFL) texts. In this context, this study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of implementing metacognitive multiple-strategy instruction -consisting of predicting text content, using semantic maps prior to text reading, skimming, scanning, and contextual guessing- on elementary EFL learners’ reading performance. In particular, the sample consisted of 135, 11 to 12 year old, Greek-speaking EFL learners. The study, quasi experimental in design, involved an experimental group that received a three-month strategy instruction and a control group that received no such training but participated in pretest, posttest, and follow-up measurements. The instructional approach adopted in this study was Direct Explanation; the strategy instruct ...
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