Demiröz, Hakan Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi - Edebiyat Fakültesi - İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü, Turkey

Reading Strategies Employed By Esl/Efl Students

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Reading is one of the most important skills of language learners. In order to comprehend a text either in the native or non-native language, readers employ reading strategies. Skilled reading necessitates use of reading strategies. A good deal of research conducted reveal that some readers employ fewer strategies whereas others use more strategies. Therefore, researchers made a distinction between the good and poor reader, and they tried to determine the qualities of good readers. One of the most important qualities of good readers is that the good readers know what the reading strategies are, and they have a good command of where and how to use them. This article aims to review the vast literature on reading strategies employed by the ESL/EFL students, and draw pedagogical implications for the reading courses.

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reading , EFL , ESL reading , reading strategies , reading strategy instruction.

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