Strategies of Learning Reading Skill Across Attitudinal/Motivational Attributes and Their Predictive Power Toward Reading Comprehension

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10.2991/978-2-38476-040-4_14How to use a DOI?

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attitude; motivation; reading comprehension; reading strategies

Abstract

The present paper illustrated how learners’ attitudes and motivation in English learning correlate with their strategies for learning reading skills. In addition, how their reading learning strategies predict reading comprehension skills was also revealed. In this case, 664 students of the English education department in Indonesia were selected as the study subjects. Participants were asked to complete a 65-item Strategy Inventory for Reading Skill Learning (SIRSL), a 76-item Attitude/Motivation Test Battery (AMTB), and a 15-item self-assessment of reading comprehension skills. The collected data were analyzed by using Pearson product-moment correlation. The study found that attitudinal/motivational attributes correlate significantly with the general use of strategies for reading skill learning. In addition, it is also found that reading skill learning strategies are significant predictors of reading comprehension achievement (r = .524, p < .000), with text/sentence structure processing strategies and extra-linguistic processing strategies being the best predictors. These findings demonstrated that classroom teachers should be able to develop students’ positive attitudes and strong motivation to learn English to improve their use of strategies in learning reading. Moreover, linguistic and extra-linguistic processing strategies should be emphasized in reading instruction as they best predict the students’ reading skills.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Junaidi Mistar
AU  - Alfan Zuhairi
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/04/24
TI  - Strategies of Learning Reading Skill Across Attitudinal/Motivational Attributes and Their Predictive Power Toward Reading Comprehension
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Humanities, and Management (ICEHUM 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 138
EP  - 152
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-040-4_14
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-040-4_14
ID  - Mistar2023
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