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English Language Reading Strategies: Low Proficiency Adult Learners in a Malaysian University

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In order to comprehend reading, readers need to apply various reading strategies. The same goes to adult learners in universities as higher education demands substantial readings in the English language, thus they need to be able to comprehend it via implementation of various reading strategies. This paper investigates the reading strategies used by low proficiency adult learners in a Malaysian university when reading English materials. The findings are that as these students are low proficiency second language learners of English, they do not always apply reading strategies when it comes to reading English materials. Also, the respondents do not have a specific preference on implementing any of the reading strategies. However, if English language reading strategies are given better emphasis in schools, it might be implemented more frequently by the adult learners. The findings are believed to help educators facilitate reading strategies in order to be employed by readers.
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In-Text Citation: (Affendi & Noah, 2022)
To Cite this Article: Affendi, F. R., & Noah, J. B. (2022). English Language Reading Strategies: Low Proficiency Adult Learners in a Malaysian University. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(4), 1424–1434.