University Freshmen’s Changes in English Reading Motivation and Reading Strategies

Eunhee Nam (남은희)

University Freshmen’s Changes in English Reading Motivation and Reading Strategies

Modern English Education
Abbr : MEESO
2014, 15(1), pp.97~123
Publisher : The Modern English Education Society
Research Area : Humanities > English Language and Literature > English Language Teaching

Eunhee Nam ¹

¹한경대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This study investigated the changes in the first-year students’ English reading motivation and reading strategies in a Korean EFL context. Fifty-eight university freshmen taking an English class participated in the study, and two sets of questionnaires were administered. At the beginning and the end of the semester, the same questionnaires were used to compare the changes in the English reading motivation and reading strategies. One questionnaire was for the motivation to read in English, and it consisted of 30 items classified into nine dimensions. The other was for English reading strategies classified into three dimensions, and it was composed of 30 items, too. For the purpose of the study, two research questions were set as follows: 1) What are the changes in first-year students’ English reading motivation after entering university? 2) What are the changes in their English reading strategies after entering university? It was found that there were 9 significant differences in English reading motivation items, and reading efficacy domain had a significant difference. As for reading strategies, 7 items had significant differences and support reading strategies domain had a significant difference. In the light of the findings, some pedagogical implications and some future directions for research in this area were suggested.

KEYWORDS

reading motivation, reading strategy, teaching and learning English reading

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