Reading Strategies in Spanish (L1) and English (L2)

The purpose of this study was to identify, detect and compare the reading strategies used in L1 and L2 by four Spanish-speaking university students, in order to find out in what stage of the reading process (before, during or after) they focused their strategic efforts. This research is based on the...

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Main Author: Esther Zulay Rosas-Lobo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica 2012-12-01
Series:Revista Electrónica Educare
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/4788
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description The purpose of this study was to identify, detect and compare the reading strategies used in L1 and L2 by four Spanish-speaking university students, in order to find out in what stage of the reading process (before, during or after) they focused their strategic efforts. This research is based on the proposals by Solé (2000) and Díaz Barriga and Hernández (2000); contributions by Oxford (1990) and Barnett (1989) were significant in the interpretation of results. It is a qualitative field-study with semi-structured interviews, observation of participants and two reading comprehension tests for data collection; the information obtained was triangulated. One of the most remarkable findings is the general use of strategies before the L2 reading; although almost the same strategies were used in both texts, except for a group of strategies only used for L2. After comparing the results, it was found that the participants focused their strategic efforts in different stages of the reading process.
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spelling doaj-art-64dee70cbbc34a3d876a595184ae2a692025-08-20T03:18:15ZengUniversidad Nacional, Costa RicaRevista Electrónica Educare1409-42582012-12-011632272524772Reading Strategies in Spanish (L1) and English (L2)Esther Zulay Rosas-Lobo0Universidad Politécnica Territorial de MéridaThe purpose of this study was to identify, detect and compare the reading strategies used in L1 and L2 by four Spanish-speaking university students, in order to find out in what stage of the reading process (before, during or after) they focused their strategic efforts. This research is based on the proposals by Solé (2000) and Díaz Barriga and Hernández (2000); contributions by Oxford (1990) and Barnett (1989) were significant in the interpretation of results. It is a qualitative field-study with semi-structured interviews, observation of participants and two reading comprehension tests for data collection; the information obtained was triangulated. One of the most remarkable findings is the general use of strategies before the L2 reading; although almost the same strategies were used in both texts, except for a group of strategies only used for L2. After comparing the results, it was found that the participants focused their strategic efforts in different stages of the reading process.http://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/4788Lecturaestrategias de lecturacomprensión de la lectura.
spellingShingle Esther Zulay Rosas-Lobo
Reading Strategies in Spanish (L1) and English (L2)
Revista Electrónica Educare
Lectura
estrategias de lectura
comprensión de la lectura.
title Reading Strategies in Spanish (L1) and English (L2)
title_full Reading Strategies in Spanish (L1) and English (L2)
title_fullStr Reading Strategies in Spanish (L1) and English (L2)
title_full_unstemmed Reading Strategies in Spanish (L1) and English (L2)
title_short Reading Strategies in Spanish (L1) and English (L2)
title_sort reading strategies in spanish l1 and english l2
topic Lectura
estrategias de lectura
comprensión de la lectura.
url http://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/4788
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