A case study on primary school students' perceptions about their use of language learning and reading strategies and strategy training
Author(s)
Advisor
Akşit, NecmiDate
2011Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
This study looks at the language learning and reading comprehension strategies of
students in 3rd
– 8
th grades. The study takes place at Bilkent Laboratory and International
School, which is a bilingual school in Ankara, Turkey that combines curricula from the
Primary Years Program (PYP), International General Certificate of Secondary Education
(IGCSE), the International Bachelorette (IB), and the Turkish Ministry of Education.
The first part of the study consisted of administering two surveys- the Strategy Inventory
of Language Learning (SILL) and the Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS). The
surveys were administered to students in 3rd
– 8
th grades, along with a short demographic
survey to provide language profiles for the students. The second part of the study
involves the implementation of a Strategy Training Program (STP) designed by the
researcher. The STP was designed around a list of language learning and reading
comprehension strategies compiled by the researcher based on research and teaching
experience. There were seven participants selected from the fourth and fifth grades at
BLIS. Data was collected from student notebooks, the researcher‟s journal, interviews,
and the surveys administered before and after the training program.
Keywords
Turkish EFLlanguage learning strategies
reading comprehension strategies
Primary Years Program
SILL
SORS