Abstract
This study has investigated format preferences for academic reading and reading behaviors of Chinese undergraduates, postgraduate students, Ph.D students and post doctorates, to see whether they like reading academic materials in print or electronically. This study adopted the Academic Reading Questionnaire (ARQ) originally designed by Mizrachi, and 1,165 valid on-line questionnaires were collected in mainland China. The ARQ survey in China shows students’ strong preference for paper or printed materials compared to electronic versions. This result is not surprising, compared to results from other countries. However, it is interesting to find the rise of smartphones to be an important course reading device among Chinese students.
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