Interdisciplinary differences among Saudi University students in REAP strategies

Other Title(s)

الفروق التخصصية في استراتيجيات قراءة اللغة الإنجليزية لأغراض أكاديمية لدى الطلاب السعوديين في المرحلة الجامعية

Author

al-Ghamid, Hamdan Muhammad Aydah

Source

Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Arts and Humanities

Issue

Vol. 18, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.287-312, 26 p.

Publisher

King Abdulaziz University Scientific Publishing Center

Publication Date

2010-12-31

Country of Publication

Saudi Arabia

No. of Pages

26

Main Subjects

Educational Sciences

Abstract EN

This English language teaching and learning study explores the REAP (Reading English for Academic Purposes) strategies used by a sample of 92 university male students from four scientific colleges; Medicine, Medical Sciences, Engineering, and Applied Sciences (23 students from each discipline).

It makes use of a widely-known classification of learning strategies, which divides strategies into the categories of memory, cognitive, meta-cognitive, compensation, affective, and social strategies.

It introduces a Strategy Inventory for the particular language skill of reading.

The main aim is to compare and contrast students’ reading strategy choices and investigate if the possible differences were due to students’ different levels of reading proficiency.

Using the Chi-Square statistical test, association between students’ reading proficiency and their majors could be noticed.

Also, significant relationship between participants’ reading proficiency (and their majors accordingly) on the one hand and their reading strategy choices on the other could be found on the two categories of metacognitive and social strategies.

This research paper also shows that other relevant factors such as the amount and manner of good strategy use may well contribute to the differences between efficient and less skilled students of REAP, and hence should not be ignored.

American Psychological Association (APA)

al-Ghamid, Hamdan Muhammad Aydah. 2010. Interdisciplinary differences among Saudi University students in REAP strategies. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Arts and Humanities،Vol. 18, no. 2, pp.287-312.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-985979

Modern Language Association (MLA)

al-Ghamid, Hamdan Muhammad Aydah. Interdisciplinary differences among Saudi University students in REAP strategies. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Arts and Humanities Vol. 18, no. 2 (2010), pp.287-312.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-985979

American Medical Association (AMA)

al-Ghamid, Hamdan Muhammad Aydah. Interdisciplinary differences among Saudi University students in REAP strategies. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Arts and Humanities. 2010. Vol. 18, no. 2, pp.287-312.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-985979

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes appendices : p. 305-310

Record ID

BIM-985979