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Asalifew Mekuria; Elias Woemego Bushisho; Hailu Wubshet – Cogent Education, 2024
This research examined the impact of explicit reading strategy training on Ethiopian university students' reading strategy use and critical reading ability in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context. Two intact classes, a control group (n = 35) and an experimental group (n = 45), participated in the study. The experimental group received…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Instruction, Critical Reading, English (Second Language)
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Tadele Muche; Birhanu Simegn; Kassie Shiferie – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2024
A review of the literature on second language learning indicates scanty skill-specific research related to efficacy beliefs and metacognitive strategy use, particularly in students' English reading skills. This study, thus, investigated the influence of metacognitive strategies use and self-efficacy beliefs on EFL reading comprehension of 150…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Strategies
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Melesse, Solomon; Enyew, Chanyalew – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2020
This study examined the effects of language teaching strategies in Amhara region, Ethiopia on children's phonemic awareness reading performance. To this end, one hundred and two grade one children of two intact sections (n=50) and (n=52) were selected and participated as experimental and control groups, respectively. The research employed…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Phonemic Awareness
Gashaye, Simachew; Alem, Dawit Dibekulu – Online Submission, 2018
This study aimed to assess practices of teachers in teaching reading comprehension in secondary schools of Debre Markos administrative town. Descriptive survey research design and mixed method research approach was employed, data were collected from 254 students and 33 teachers through questionnaire, interview, classroom observation and document…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers
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Enyew, Chanyalew; Melesse, Solomon – Research in Pedagogy, 2018
This study examined connections between beliefs college English language instructors' held about reading strategies and how they implemented them in teaching reading. The sites of the target population for this study were the Colleges of Teacher Education students in Amhara National Regional State Council, Ethiopia. In this region, there are 10…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers
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Bogale, Yenus Nurie – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2018
This study examined the effects of explicit reading strategy instruction on the comprehension of Ethiopian EFL students. In total, 123 students at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia were randomly assigned into two groups. The experimental group was taught with explicit reading strategy instruction while the control group was taught with skill-based…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Gidalew, Tesfaye A.; van den Berg, Geesje – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 2018
The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between lecturers' beliefs and the actual methods they use in teaching reading. The study, which was conducted in teacher training colleges in the Amhara Region in Ethiopia, showed quite a number of discrepancies. The findings revealed that although in many cases lecturers were aware of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, English (Second Language)