READING STRATEGIES IN ENGLISH: FOCUS ON PHYSICS-RELATED ACADEMIC TEXTS

Authors

  • Frederico Prada Instituto Federal de São Paulo (IFSP), Piracicaba, Brasil
  • Fernanda Goulart Instituto Federal de São Paulo (IFSP), Piracicaba, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2318-7115.2018v39i1a5

Keywords:

Reading comprehension, Reading strategies, Academic English, English in Physics, Cloze test

Abstract

The present study aims to verify whether the awareness of the use of reading strategies would contribute to the comprehension of academic texts in English of four undergraduate students. This is a qualitative and quantitative research. A questionnaire, a cloze test, and verbal reports were used for data collection. Students reported having more facility on reading the texts after being conscious of the reading strategies. There was a significant improvement on the reading comprehension of the students that participated in the study and these data will surely contribute to future research on reading in English for academic purposes.

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Author Biographies

Frederico Prada, Instituto Federal de São Paulo (IFSP), Piracicaba, Brasil

Frederico Loiola Prada – Undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal Institute of São Paulo (IFSP) - Piracicaba (2015-2019). Scholarship of Scientific Initiation PIBIFSP (2017). Email: fredprada9@gmail.com

Fernanda Goulart, Instituto Federal de São Paulo (IFSP), Piracicaba, Brasil

Fernanda Goulart – Master in Education, Federal University of Alagoas. Graduated in Language Studies - Portuguese/English by the State University of Londrina. Leader of the Research Group GELFE - Group of Studies in Languages for Specific Purposes. Teacher at the Federal Institute of São Paulo (IFSP) - Piracicaba. Email: fergoulart@hotmail.com

 

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2018-07-27

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Prada, F., & Goulart, F. (2018). READING STRATEGIES IN ENGLISH: FOCUS ON PHYSICS-RELATED ACADEMIC TEXTS. The ESPecialist, 39(1). https://doi.org/10.23925/2318-7115.2018v39i1a5

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