Bubpha Setobol.. The prediction of the English reading comprehension ability of Thai undergraduate students using reading strategies. (). King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok. Central Library. : , 2563.
The prediction of the English reading comprehension ability of Thai undergraduate students using reading strategies
Abstract:
This study concerns two key areas of studentsEnglish reading strategies and the relationship between
their reading strategies and the predictors of their reading ability. The objectives are the following: 1) to
examine the reading strategies used when Thai EFL students read English passages; 2) to investigate the
relationships all of the studentsreading strategies and reading abilities; and 3) to examine the extent to
which the common reading strategies individually predict the studentsreading abilities. The population was
second-year students enrolled in a reading course in the Faculty of Applied Science at King Mongkuts
University of Technology North Bangkok in Thailand during academic year 2015 for a total of 95 students.
The population selected as the sample of this study. The research instruments used in this research consisted
of: 1) a reading strategy questionnaire and 2) a reading test.
The findings illustrates that almost all of the students used visualizing ( =3.13 sd = .56) which means
that the students tried to see pictures (images) in their mind of actions, people and places to understand
the reading text. Another strategy that the students used was guessing the meaning from the context ( =
2.98 sd = .53). In terms of the correlation among the reading strategies and the students reading ability, the
highest correlation coefficient was .343 (the pronoun reference and the reading ability score). Regarding the
prediction, the regression equation used to predict the score can then be written as follows:
Reading Score = 32.419+ -3.927 (predicting) +-5.188 (opinion) + -4.979 (compare contrast) +3.791
(fact) +4.177 (pronoun reference)
According to the above equation, predicting, opinion, compare contrast, fact and pronoun reference
could be used to predict reading ability. As a result, the independent variables were able to individually or
in combination significantly predict the reading ability at the .05 level.