EIL Digital Reading Materials for Thai Undergraduate Students
Keywords:
digital reading, EIL materialsAbstract
This exploratory study aimed to 1) investigate EIL digital reading materials for Thai undergraduate students and 2) explore Thai undergraduate students' perceptions towards EIL digital reading materials. Two hundred and ninety-nine undergraduate students from the aviation business management program participated in this study. The participants, who were aviation business management students, were selected by purposive sampling for the questionnaire. Three participants were selected based on their highest years of experience using digital materials for the semi-structured interview. Results from descriptive statistics of the EIL Digital Reading Materials Questionnaire and thematic analysis of the semi-structured interviews reported that students tended to frequently encounter, engage, and evaluate a variety of EIL digital reading materials. Some sub-reading practices of digital reading were used very frequently, while some were applied on EIL materials at the sometimes level. They almost strongly agreed on their perception toward the use of these EIL digital reading strategies, including encountering, engaging, and evaluating. Implications applied to propose and develop materials for aviation business management instructional practices with an emphasis on reading digital English as an International Language.
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