ผลของการใช้กลวิธีการอ่านของนิสิตนักศึกษาระดับบัณฑิตศึกษาไทยและต่างชาติที่มีผลต่อความเข้าใจในการอ่าน

Abstract

This study investigates the use of reading strategies by EFL graduate students in Thailand and the relationship of the use of reading strategies on reading comprehension. The study employed quantitative and qualitative data analyses. Sixty-six graduate students enrolled in international master programs at two public universities were the participants of this study. The reading strategies questionnaire categorized into Global Reading Strategy, Problem Solving Strategy, and Support Strategy was employed. Four of these students were selected to take an 8-item, multiple-choice reading comprehension test, followed by a summary test, and the stimulated recall interview for further investigations of the reading strategies use and its relationship to the reading comprehension.  The results suggested that both groups tend to report use of reading strategies with great frequency; however, Thai graduate students employed more use of reading strategies than international graduate students quantitatively and qualitatively. The Problem Solving Strategies were the most frequently used, followed by Global Reading Strategies, and Support Strategies. Successful readers receiving high scores from both tests employed a higher frequency and variety of reading strategies. The evidence from this study tends to support the notion that being aware of reading strategies use allows readers to have better reading comprehension.