A Survey of Undergraduate Chinese Students’ Self-perceived Reading Ability in English

Author:

Zhang Xizhe,Foley Joseph

Abstract

Reading is one of the indicators of how much a reader understands a language. Though reading is taught early in students’ education, some still struggle to comprehend texts, especially if a language is a stranger. Reading is a skill that enhances intellectual and affective processes, including reasoning, inferences, empathy, and critical thinking. Thus, a lack of language familiarity to interact with the text can hinder reading comprehension. This article focuses on Chinese students’ self-perceived reading ability that hinders reading comprehension. The aim is to answer the question; To what extent do Undergraduate Chinese students’ of University X perceive their reading ability in English? This survey is significant because letting the students understand their reading ability helps the teacher understand what to focus on in the English course and provides the correct reading strategies to achieve the reading goal. One hundred ninety-nine students from one of the private universities participated in this study. Using a questionnaire survey to assess students’ self-perceived reading ability supported by the semi-structured interview, this study found that although Chinese students employed good reading strategies, they still found their reading comprehension problematic because of the influence of their reading speed. Thus, this affects the reading goal and students’ interest in reading.

Publisher

AWEJ Group

Subject

General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3