Use of Reading Strategies in English Academic Reading
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate how Thai undergraduate students do to
improve their reading comprehension skills. This paper presents a qualitative investigation. A
semi-structured interview is served as the main source of data. Forty students from different
faculties of Khon Kaen University participated in the study. The transcribed interview data was
analyzed with ‘open and axial coding’ techniques. The data analyses revealed two main
emergent categories of reading strategies: 1) reading comprehension strategies (RC); and
2) reading comprehension enhancement strategies (RCE) with altogether 39 individual reading
strategies. The interview result showed that the most frequently found strategies being reported
were from the first category, e.g. looking for unfamiliar vocabulary items and then searching for
their meanings before reading (BRC 1), and searching for the meanings of unfamiliar vocabulary
items while reading (WRC 1). On the contrary, the students reported not to rely heavily on the
strategies from the second category
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