Thammanoon Rattanamung. Grade 9 students' use of reading strategies in an English standard test. Master's Degree(Teaching English as a Foreign Language). Thammasat University. Thammasat University Library. : Thammasat University, 2015.
Grade 9 students' use of reading strategies in an English standard test
Abstract:
This study examines reading strategies used by Grade 9 students when taking the English Standard Test at Kasetsart University Laboratory School, Mulltilingual Program, Center for Educational and Development (KUSMP) in Chonburi. The research focuses on identifying the students reading strategies and problems they encountered while completing the English reading comprehension part of the English Standard Test. The data were collected from twenty-seven mixed-ability Grade 9 students at KUSMP. The research instrument used was the interview divided into two parts: the reading strategy inquiry and the interview inquiring test taking problems. Quantitative results from the inquiry were analyzed using Microsoft Excel and reported in the forms of descriptive statistics (frequency distribution and percentage). The findings were categorized into three groups: cognitive, metacognitive, and compensating reading strategies. The second part of the interview examined students problems when completing the English reading comprehension part of the test and also inquired about other strategies students thought they used in the test. The results reveal that the participants found reading and examination strategies useful when taking the English Standard Test. The results shed some light on how vital reading and examination strategies are to students when they perform a reading comprehension test
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