“Cyber” Reading in L2: Online Reading Strategies of Students in a Philippine Public High School

John Angelo Vinuya De Leon*, Veronico N. Tarrayo**
* Student, Master of Arts in English Language Studies, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines.
** Faculty Member, Department of English, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines.
Periodicity:April - June'2014
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jelt.4.2.2793

Abstract

This paper seeks to identify the online reading strategies employed by students in a Philippine Public High School. In particular, the study attempts to answer the following questions: (1) What are the online reading strategies used by the respondents (i.e., global, problem-solving, and support)?; (2) What is the frequency of use of the online reading strategies of the respondents?; and (3) What are the implications of the study's findings for English language teaching and learning? By means of the adapted Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS) by Sheorey and Mokhtari (2001), data were obtained from 100 readers of a public high school in Quezon City, the Philippines. The analysis of the results revealed that problemsolving strategies were the most frequently used online reading strategies, followed by global reading strategies and support reading strategies. Finally, the results furnish a pedagogical perspective on how online reading strategies can impact second-language or L2 teaching and learning.

Keywords

Global Reading Strategies, Online Reading, Problem-Solving Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Support Reading Strategies.

How to Cite this Article?

Leon, J. A. V. D., and Tarrayo, V. N. (2014). “Cyber” Reading In L2: Online Reading Strategies Of Students In A Philippine Public High School. i-manager’s Journal on English Language Teaching, 4(2), 8-17. https://doi.org/10.26634/jelt.4.2.2793

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