Omani students’ attitudes towards EFL reading between school and university foundation programs : a bridge or a gap ?
Other Title(s)
اتجاهات الطلبة العمانين نحو القراءة باللغة الإنجليزية بين المدرسة و البرامج التأسيسية : جسر أم فجوة ؟
Joint Authors
al-Sayyabiyah, Fawziyah Bint Aziz
al-Amriyah, Kamilah Bint Sulayman
Source
Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies
Issue
Vol. 10, Issue 4 (31 Oct. 2016), pp.706-717, 12 p.
Publisher
Sultan Qaboos University College of Education
Publication Date
2016-10-31
Country of Publication
Oman
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Educational Sciences
Languages & Comparative Literature
Topics
Abstract EN
Using questionnaires administered to 1114 school students and 317 university foundation program students, the study aims to investigate students’ attitudes towards English as a foreign language (EFL) reading in the two educational contexts: post-basic schools and university foundation programs.
The study also explores the extent to which students feel school has prepared them to the reading requirements of their university foundation programs.
The study revealed that there were significant differences between school students and university foundation program students in the cognitive and affective dimensions of reading attitude but there were no significant differences in behavioural attitudes.
Students also believed that they could not transfer the reading skills they acquired at post-basic education to the English classes at the foundation program because reading is different in the two educational contexts.
The study makes a number of pedagogic and administrative recommendations to help bridge the gap between EFL reading in schools and universities.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Sayyabiyah, Fawziyah Bint Aziz& al-Amriyah, Kamilah Bint Sulayman. 2016. Omani students’ attitudes towards EFL reading between school and university foundation programs : a bridge or a gap ?. Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies،Vol. 10, no. 4, pp.706-717.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-720891
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Sayyabiyah, Fawziyah Bint Aziz& al-Amriyah, Kamilah Bint Sulayman. Omani students’ attitudes towards EFL reading between school and university foundation programs : a bridge or a gap ?. Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies Vol. 10, no. 4 (Oct. 2016), pp.706-717.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-720891
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Sayyabiyah, Fawziyah Bint Aziz& al-Amriyah, Kamilah Bint Sulayman. Omani students’ attitudes towards EFL reading between school and university foundation programs : a bridge or a gap ?. Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies. 2016. Vol. 10, no. 4, pp.706-717.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-720891
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 714-717
Record ID
BIM-720891