Duangta Mondi. Effects of strategy-based reading instruction on english reading ability and reading self-efficacy of lower secondary school students. Master's Degree(Teaching English as a Foreign Language). Chulalongkorn University. Office of Academic Resources. : Chulalongkorn University, 2013.
Effects of strategy-based reading instruction on english reading ability and reading self-efficacy of lower secondary school students
Abstract:
The objectives of this study were to: 1) investigate the improvement of students reading ability following implementation of the strategy-based reading instruction; 2) investigate the effects of the strategy-based reading instruction on students reading self-efficacy; 3) examine the relationship between students reading ability and reading self-efficacy; and, 4) find out what implemented reading strategies students used with their reading. The sample group consisted of 30 grade 9 students who were studying in semester 2, academic year 2013 at Krathiamwittaya School, Surin province. The experiment lasted for 10 weeks. The data was analysed quantitatively and qualitatively. Statistics applied were paired sample t-test and correlation coefficient. The results of the study revealed that: 1) students post-test mean score was significantly higher than that of the pre-test for reading ability, with a level of p