Abstract
This study examined the metacognitive awareness and reading comprehension strategies used by advanced proficiency ESL readers whose native language is Arabic. The study looked at the perceived use of reading strategies by Arabic native speakers in Arabic and English and their actual use of these strategies in reading academic texts in the two languages. The goal was to compare the reading strategy profiles of Arabic native speakers in English and Arabic through quantitative means using a self-report survey of strategy use (n=90), and qualitative means using a think-aloud protocol with a subset of the original sample (n=10). The topic and research questions are pertinent because they add to a relatively small database showing Arabic native speakers rely heavily on reading strategies in their L2 than when reading in their L1.
Highlights
The number of factors influencing reading ability increases drastically when considering reading in a second language (Block, 1992)
This study examined the metacognitive awareness and reading comprehension strategies used by advanced proficiency ESL readers whose native language is Arabic
The goal was to compare the reading strategy profiles of Arabic native speakers in English and Arabic through quantitative means using a self-report survey of strategy use (n=90), and qualitative means using a think-aloud protocol with a subset of the original sample (n=10)
Summary
The number of factors influencing reading ability increases drastically when considering reading in a second language (Block, 1992). In a study that examined the differences in the reported use of reading strategies of native and non-native readers when reading academic materials (Sheorey and Mokhtari, 2001). There is an overwhelming number of studies on various aspects of second and foreign language reading, there is no study that the authors are aware of that investigated the metacognitive reading strategies of successful and proficient readers in Arabic and English, except a case study of Arabic trilingual readers (Mokhtari, 2008). A study of the metacognitive awareness and strategies use of Arabic native speakers will result in a better understanding their reading in two languages. This study aimed at examining the perceived use of reading strategies and the real time or actual use of the strategies by Arabic native speakers. (3).What is the difference between the perceived use and the actual use of reading strategies across the two languages?
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