ERIC Number: EJ1218957
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 12
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Reading and Writing Learning Strategies for Low English Proficiency Students at a Private University in China
Zhang, Yanfang; Chen, Pengfei; Yu, Tao
International Journal of Higher Education, v8 n3 p214-225 2019
This study aimed at applying English reading and writing strategies' training to improve the low English proficiency students' competence of English reading and writing. It was a quasi-experiment design. In total, 70 non-English major undergraduates at a private university in China participated in the research, 35 students in the experimental group and the rest 35 students in the control group. The intervention of English reading and writing strategies training was applied to the experimental group over a 24-lesson period in 6 weeks. The control group received an English reading and writing course without the intervention in the same period of the class schedule. Meanwhile, this study applied SILL and PET to the pre-test and the post-test, and used statistical analysis to do data analysis. The result of a detailed one-way ANCOVA showed that the intervention of English reading and writing strategies training in the experimental group had a significant improvement in English reading and writing skills.
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Writing Strategies, Learning Strategies, Language Proficiency, Limited English Speaking, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Foreign Countries, College English, Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Measures (Individuals), Pretests Posttests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Strategy Inventory for Language Learning
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