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  • 标题:Assessing Reading Strategies of Engineering Students: Think Aloud Approach
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  • 作者:George Mathew Nalliveettil
  • 期刊名称:English Language Teaching
  • 印刷版ISSN:1916-4742
  • 电子版ISSN:1916-4750
  • 出版年度:2014
  • 卷号:7
  • 期号:5
  • 页码:38
  • DOI:10.5539/elt.v7n5p38
  • 出版社:Canadian Center of Science and Education
  • 摘要:

    Literacy in reading and understanding printed words is significant for all undergraduate students to succeed in their academic career. Developments in digital technology improved the quality of academic texts in terms of design, format and layout. Further, availability of academic related English language resources in electronic versions gave readers to access and read the content on computer screens or download a text to make a hard copy. These developments on the printed pages of English course books helped the readers to identify letters of English alphabet precisely. However, vocabulary and sentence structures presented in the text remained difficult to the ESL students. A study was conducted to assess the reading strategies of engineering students across the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Subjects of the study were 52 students pursuing engineering education in the engineering colleges affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India.

    The primary source of data was obtained through think-aloud verbal probe. Findings of the study reveal that engineering students feel disappointed and frustrated when the content presented in the course is beyond their comprehension. This research paper presents qualitative data obtained through think-aloud verbal probe. Insights from the verbal reports on reading strategies presented in this paper give new directions to the teaching-learning of English in ESL undergraduate classrooms. Findings presented from the study are significant for English teachers, researchers and curriculum designers to develop quality reading materials for ESL classrooms.

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