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ESL learners’ online research and comprehension strategies

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posted on 2023-05-23, 13:51 authored by Sain, N, Andrew BownAndrew Bown, Fluck, A, Kebble, P
In order to enhance second language (L2) acquisition, English as a Second Language (ESL) students are encouraged to exploit the abundant information and opportunities for authentic language use afforded by the Internet. This study investigated the online research and comprehension strategies employed by ESL learners in a public university in Malaysia. The study was descriptive and the data was collected via the Qualtrics survey system. Data analysis demonstrated the most and least frequently used online research and comprehension strategies of 74 ESL undergraduates and uncovered an overview of the ESL undergraduates’ existing online research and comprehension strategies. The findings suggest that explicit training in the area of online research and comprehension processes is worth pursuing in the development of online study skills. This study also presents validation of a survey instrument used within the study to assess ESL learners’ online research and comprehension strategies.

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Publication title

CALL in a climate of change: adapting to turbulent global conditions - short papers from EUROCALL 2017

Editors

K Borthwick, L Bradley, S Thouësny

Pagination

271-276

ISBN

978-2-490057-04-7

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

Researchpublishing.net

Place of publication

France

Event title

EUROCALL 2017

Event Venue

France

Date of Event (Start Date)

2017-01-01

Date of Event (End Date)

2017-01-01

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Copyright 2017 Noridah Sain, Andy Bown, Andrew Fluck, and Paul Kebble. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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Other education and training not elsewhere classified

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