An Examination of Reading Strategies Awareness among Algerian ESP Students at the National Higher School for Hydraulics

Autor/inn/en	Safia, Bensaad; Ghania, Ouahmiche
Titel	An Examination of Reading Strategies Awareness among Algerian ESP Students at the National Higher School for Hydraulics
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 16 (2020) 4, S.1784-1802 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Safia, Bensaad) ORCID (Ghania, Ouahmiche)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-578X
Schlagwörter	Reading Strategies; English for Special Purposes; Metacognition; Gender Differences; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Problem Solving; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Engineering Education; Student Attitudes; Higher Education; College Students; Algeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reading strategy; Leselernstufe; Lesetechnik; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Geschlechterkonflikt; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Problemlösen; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ingenieurausbildung; Schülerverhalten; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Collegestudent; Algerien
Abstract	Promoting students' knowledge of the reading process as well as their metacognitive awareness of reading strategies has become a crucial issue of ESP teaching and undoubtedly an obligatory subject in higher education. Relevant to this, the present paper tries to examine Algerian ESP students' awareness and use of reading strategies, especially while reading academic material in English. The study is realized through the administration of Mokhtari and Sheorey's (2002) Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS) to 100 students enrolled in first year engineering classes at the National Higher School for Hydraulics (ENSH), mainly to find out: (1) frequency of students' reported use of different reading strategies (Global, Problem-solving and Support reading strategies); (2) difference(s), if any, between female and male students' reading strategies use; and (3) students reported use of any other strategies which are not included in the SORS. Findings reveal that Algerian ESP students, as medium users of reading strategies in general, tend to use Problem-solving more than other categories of reading strategies; the absence of significant differences between males and females reported use of reading strategies; meanwhile, students report use of some strategies other than those mentioned in Mokhtari and Sheorey's Survey. Consequently, an adapted version of the SORS is designed to fit the Algerian context of EFL for specific purposes. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. Hacettepe Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi B Blok, Yabanci Diller Egitimi Bolumu, Ingiliz Dili Egitimi Anabilim Dali, Ankara 06800, Turkey. e-mail: jllsturkey@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jlls.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01