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Reading strategies used by Grade 9 English Second Language learners in a selected school
Author(s) -
Madoda Cekiso,
Nophawu Madikiza
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
reading andwriting/reading and writing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2308-1422
pISSN - 2079-8245
DOI - 10.4102/rw.v5i1.42
Subject(s) - reading (process) , reading comprehension , mathematics education , significant difference , english language , computer science , psychology , comprehension , plan (archaeology) , linguistics , mathematics , philosophy , archaeology , history , programming language , statistics
Knowledge of the reading strategies used by English Second Language learners can help teachers to plan appropriate lessons and apply relevant methods of teaching reading in order to enhance learners’ reading comprehension. The main objective of this study was to investigate the reading strategies used by Grade 9 English Second Language (ESL) learners and also to establish if there was any significant difference between perceived strategy use and gender. The respondents (192) were all ESL learners in Grade 9 in 2011 in a selected school. The study employed a quantitative research method. The study used convenience sampling on a group of 192 Grade 9 learners. The data collected through questionnaires was analysed by means of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software. The findings revealed that the learners did not employ a wide range of reading strategies. The results further indicated that there was no significant difference between boys and girls in terms of strategy use. Based on the above findings several suggestions were made to help teachers improve their teaching and help learners improve their reading comprehension and also about possible areas for future research.

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