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Publication Date: 2001
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Contrastive Goal Orientations in an EFL Reading Context: Influences on Reading Strategy Use and Comprehension Patterns.
He, Tung-Hsien
TESL-EJ, v5 n1 Apr 2001
Investigates the influence of goal orientations on strategy use patterns and reading comprehension of adult English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) readers. Thirty-eight Taiwanese EFL college freshmen were randomly selected and assigned into the mastery-oriented and the combined mastery- and performance-oriented groups. Results indicated that two strategy use patterns surfaced in participants' think-aloud protocols (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Educational Objectives, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Protocol Analysis, Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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