The Reading Strategies Used by Prospective English Teachers in Turkish ELT Context

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Ekrem Solak
Amasya University, Turkey
Fırat Altay
Hacettepe University, Turkey

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to determine what types of reading strategies prospective English Teachers used to accomplish in their reading assignments and activities. The study was conducted at a state-run University, English Language Teaching Department in Turkey. The participants were 130 prospective English Teachers majoring English Language Teaching and taking up the lecture of teaching language skills. The Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory (MARSI) was used to collect data about the use of reading strategies while reading academic or school-related materials. The data collected was measured in SPSS program. The results indicated that participants used each strategy effectively. As the most striking strategy, subjects underlined or circled information in the text to help them remember the information. While both genders preferred to take advantage of similar strategies in common, they mostly preferred to use problem solving strategies compared to other strategies. 

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Vol. 1 No. 3 (2014)
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Author Biographies

Ekrem Solak, Amasya University, Turkey

Ekrem SOLAK (Ph.D.) is currently an Assistant Professor at ELT Department at Amasya University, Turkey. His major is e-learning, distance learning, teaching language skills, material development, and syllabus design and learning strategies.  He has publications in both national and international indexed journals and publication houses on various topics of language teaching and learning.

Contact: ekremsolak@gmail.com

Fırat Altay, Hacettepe University, Turkey

Fırat ALTAY (Ph.D.) is an Assistant Professor at ELT Department at Hacettepe  University, Turkey. He is also the director of Elective Courses Unit Coordinatorship and the vice director of Prep School at Hacettepe University. He is interested in and has publications on fields like academic writing, language testing, teaching of language skills and language teaching methodology.

Contact: ifaltay@hacettepe.edu.tr

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