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Reading motivation and reading strategies employed by undergraduates in a public university in Malaysia

There is an alarming concern among educators and parents about children who cannot read but more seriously about those who can read but do not have the motivation to read. The study investigated 245 undergraduates’ level of reading motivation and their reading strategies use when they read academic...

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Main Authors: Yah Awg Nik, Farok Zakaria, Azizah Hamzah, Hasif Rafidee Hasbollah
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Language:English
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/8945/1/Paper%201.pdf
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spelling my.umk.eprints.89452022-05-23T12:49:37Z http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/8945/ Reading motivation and reading strategies employed by undergraduates in a public university in Malaysia Yah Awg Nik Farok Zakaria Azizah Hamzah Hasif Rafidee Hasbollah There is an alarming concern among educators and parents about children who cannot read but more seriously about those who can read but do not have the motivation to read. The study investigated 245 undergraduates’ level of reading motivation and their reading strategies use when they read academic texts. This study aims at finding the connection between reading motivation and reading strategy, to discover the differences between male and female students’ reading motivation and reading strategy and the relationship between variables such as program of study and family’s income. The results showed that the undergraduates’ reading motivation was of moderate level and they mostly use the cognitive reading strategy instead of the metacognitive reading strategy. There seemed to be a connection between the undergraduates’ reading motivation and the reading strategy used. The results indicated that their motivation to read had an influence on the use of the reading strategy. Though female students had higher reading motivation compared to male students, both groups only use the cognitive reading strategy. Therefore, the results showed that undergraduates having moderate reading motivation tend to use only cognitive reading strategy. Thus, reading motivation does influence the acquisition of reading skills and there is a possibility that the higher reading motivation, the higher the tendency to use high level reading skills such as metacognitive which is a necessity for students’ effective reading. Instructors should motivate students to become active readers by improving students’ intrinsic motivation and decreasing their extrinsic motivation. Other results revealed that there was a significant difference among the five Diploma programs and finally, the students’ reading motivation had no significant relationship with their economic background. 2012-03 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed text en http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/8945/1/Paper%201.pdf Yah Awg Nik and Farok Zakaria and Azizah Hamzah and Hasif Rafidee Hasbollah (2012) Reading motivation and reading strategies employed by undergraduates in a public university in Malaysia. In: 6th International Technology, Education And Development Conference (INTED 2012), 05-07 Mac 2012, Valencia, Spain. (Unpublished)
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description There is an alarming concern among educators and parents about children who cannot read but more seriously about those who can read but do not have the motivation to read. The study investigated 245 undergraduates’ level of reading motivation and their reading strategies use when they read academic texts. This study aims at finding the connection between reading motivation and reading strategy, to discover the differences between male and female students’ reading motivation and reading strategy and the relationship between variables such as program of study and family’s income. The results showed that the undergraduates’ reading motivation was of moderate level and they mostly use the cognitive reading strategy instead of the metacognitive reading strategy. There seemed to be a connection between the undergraduates’ reading motivation and the reading strategy used. The results indicated that their motivation to read had an influence on the use of the reading strategy. Though female students had higher reading motivation compared to male students, both groups only use the cognitive reading strategy. Therefore, the results showed that undergraduates having moderate reading motivation tend to use only cognitive reading strategy. Thus, reading motivation does influence the acquisition of reading skills and there is a possibility that the higher reading motivation, the higher the tendency to use high level reading skills such as metacognitive which is a necessity for students’ effective reading. Instructors should motivate students to become active readers by improving students’ intrinsic motivation and decreasing their extrinsic motivation. Other results revealed that there was a significant difference among the five Diploma programs and finally, the students’ reading motivation had no significant relationship with their economic background.
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author Yah Awg Nik
Farok Zakaria
Azizah Hamzah
Hasif Rafidee Hasbollah
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Farok Zakaria
Azizah Hamzah
Hasif Rafidee Hasbollah
Reading motivation and reading strategies employed by undergraduates in a public university in Malaysia
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Farok Zakaria
Azizah Hamzah
Hasif Rafidee Hasbollah
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url http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/8945/1/Paper%201.pdf
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