Paradee Praphruetkij. The relationship between English reading self-perception and EFL reading achievement of Thai undergraduates. (). King Mongkut University of Technology North Bangkok. Central Library. : , 2014.
The relationship between English reading self-perception and EFL reading achievement of Thai undergraduates
Grant Source King Mongkuts University of Technology North Bangkok 2014
Abstract:
A full motivation for conducting this study was to find appropriate ways for
enhancing English reading self-perception and English reading achievement of both
male and female EFL Thai undergraduates. Therefore, the purposes of this study
were to: 1) determine the relationship between English reading self-perception and
English reading achievement of the students; 2) examine the relative contribution
of English reading self-perception to English reading achievement of the students;
3) compare the English reading self-perception of male and female students; and
4) compare the English reading achievement of male and female students. The
sample in this study was consisted of two intact classes of 62 second-year Thai
undergraduates, enrolled in an EFL reading course in the second semester of
academic year 2013 at King Mongkuts University of Technology North Bangkok,
Thailand. They were 30 males and 32 females. The two instruments were the
English Reading Self-Perception Scale (ERSPS) adapted from Henk and Melnick
(1995:470-482), which was approved the construct validity by 3 experts with the
overall internal consistency reliability value of 0.814, and the reading achievement test constructed by the researcher; the content validity of which was approved by
3 experts with the KR-20 reliability value of 0.89. The ERSPS was administered at
the beginning of the course and the reading achievement test was administered at
the end of the course. Data from both measures were analyzed by means of
Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, multiple regression and t-test.
The results of the study were as follows: 1) there were no significant
relationships between overall students English reading self-perception and each
aspect, including general item (GI), progress (PR), observational comparison (OC),
social feedback (SF), and physiological states (PS), and their reading achievement;
2) the English reading self-perception of the students could not be a significant
predictor of their reading achievement; 3) the overall and each aspect of English
reading self-perception of the students were not significantly different in regard to
their gender; and 4) the English reading achievement of the students was not
significantly different in regard to their gender. The findings of this study indicated
that students with low English reading self-perception were likely to have low
English reading achievement. English teachers should be more alert and put more
effort into teaching methods, teaching techniques, technologies, and reading
therapy for better English reading self-perception and achievement of students.