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Akkakoson, Songyut – Journal of Research in Reading, 2013
This study investigates the relationship between strategic reading instruction, the process of learning second language-based reading strategies and English reading achievement for Thai university students of science and technology. In a course in reading general English texts for 16?weeks, 82 students were taught using a strategies-based approach…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Strategies, Reading Instruction, College Students
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Wichadee, Saovapa – Research in Education, 2014
The study investigated how transactional strategies could improve undergraduate students' reading and writing abilities. A quasi-experimental study was performed with two groups of students. Students in the control group were taught by the traditional method, while students in the experimental group were taught by transactional strategies. The…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Skill Development, Scores
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Wilawan, Sujunya – Reading Improvement, 2011
This study investigated the effects of an instructional procedure which incorporated lexical cohesion and macrorules to promote main idea comprehension of Thai EFL students. One hundred and six undergraduate students taking a reading module were randomly assigned to one of three teaching conditions: the combined use of lexical cohesion and…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Undergraduate Students, Rhetoric, Student Attitudes