A Study of Reading Strategies used by English Major Students in Individual Learning

This study aimed at exploring the reading strategies of Iranian English major university students in the individual learning mode. Thirty male and female undergraduate students, all majoring in English at Birjand University participated in the study. The Survey of Reading Strategies (Mokhtari and Sheorey,2002) was adapted for this work. This survey classifies reading strategies into three categories: global, problem-solving, and support strategies. The results of the adapted questionnaire showed that the students used the three categories at a high to moderate frequency, with preference for global strategies followed by support and problem-solving strategies. In fact, the overall use of reading strategies was moderate

Keywords:

Reading Strategy , Reading comprehension , Individual learning , English Major Students