ERIC Number: EJ1128098
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Jun
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Using the Think-Aloud Technique for Determining Different Reading Strategies Used by Iranian EFL Learners
Bakhshalinezhad, Ladan; Nikou, Farahnaz Reymani; Bonyadi, Alireza
Advances in Language and Literary Studies, v6 n3 p15-22 Jun 2015
This study explored the reading strategies used by advanced and intermediate Persian EFL learners in both English and Persian reading comprehension texts. Based on the aims of the study reading comprehension texts were administered to the learners and their reading strategies in both English and Persian reading comprehension texts were examined through the think-aloud method. The findings showed that while the advanced EFL learners employed all the strategies (which were included in the strategy table of the study) in their English texts, the intermediate learners used only some of them and also used their strategies with different frequencies in comparison with the advanced learners. Therefore, the findings supported the view that the use of the reading strategies may be related to the learners' proficiency level. The findings also supported the idea that reading strategies can be transferred from one language to another based on the learners' proficiency level.
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Protocol Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Indo European Languages, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Comparative Analysis, Advanced Students, Transfer of Training, Native Language, Learning Strategies, Adult Students, Correlation, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iran
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