Nazharat: Jurnal Kebudayaan
Vol 25 No 1 (2019): NAZHARAT: Jurnal Kebudayaan

STRATEGIES IN IMPROVING READING SKILLS OF UNIVERSITY ENGLISH LEARNERS

Alfian Alfian (Sulthan Thaha Saifuddin State Islamic University of Jambi)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jun 2019

Abstract

Studies on language learning strategies (LLS) have been conducted elsewhere in the world, however, there were very limited studies on student learning strategies in improving reading skills. Therefore, this study is aimed to identify the strategies used in improving reading skills. This case study was conducted by distributing questionaire involving 200 English Education and English Literature students as the sample of this study. The finding of this study demonstrated that the respondent use the LLS, such as memory, metacognitve, compensation, cognitive, affective, and social in improving reading skill. However, most of respondents reported to use metacognitive strategy at the most. The results also indicated that there are five most and five least strategies used by the respondents. This research is very useful as a reference in the framework of developing strategies for reading in tertiary institutions.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

nazharat

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Subject

Humanities Social Sciences

Description

Focus and Scope Jurnal Nazharat memuat tulisan-tulisan yang terkait dengan ilmu-ilmu yang dikembangan oleh Fakultas Adab dan Humaniora, yang meliputi kajian bahasa, sejarah, dan pustaka. Fokus Fokus tulisan adalah memberikan wawasan dan informasi baru yang terkait dengan ilmu-ilmu kebahasaan, ...