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An Examination of the Metacognitive Reading Strategies Used by Native Speakers of Arabic When Reading in English and Arabic

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  • Negmeldin O. Alsheikh
  • Kouider Mokhtari

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This study examined the metacognitive awareness and reading comprehension strategies used by advanced proficiency ESL readers whose native language is Arabic. The study looked at the perceived use of reading strategies by Arabic native speakers in Arabic and English and their actual use of these strategies in reading academic texts in the two languages. The goal was to compare the reading strategy profiles of Arabic native speakers in English and Arabic through quantitative means using a self-report survey of strategy use (n=90), and qualitative means using a think-aloud protocol with a subset of the original sample (n=10). The topic and research questions are pertinent because they add to a relatively small database showing Arabic native speakers rely heavily on reading strategies in their L2 than when reading in their L1.

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  • Negmeldin O. Alsheikh & Kouider Mokhtari, 2011. "An Examination of the Metacognitive Reading Strategies Used by Native Speakers of Arabic When Reading in English and Arabic," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 4(2), pages 151-151, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:eltjnl:v:4:y:2011:i:2:p:151
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    1. Aigul Akhmetova & Gaysha Imambayeva & Benő Csapó, 2022. "Reading Strategies and Reading Achievement in Middle School: Kazakhstani Young Learners," SAGE Open, , vol. 12(3), pages 21582440221, July.
    2. Somayeh Nilforoushan & Mojgan Rashtchi & Gholam-Reza Abbasian, 2023. "Exploring the Perceived and Real Metacognitive Reading Strategies of Iranian EFL Learners: Different Text Types in Focus," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(1), pages 21582440231, March.
    3. Tamador Abu-Snoubar, 2017. "English as a Foreign Language Learners’ Major and Meta-cognitive Reading Strategy Use at Al-Balqa Applied University," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 10(9), pages 1-69, September.

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