Ulusal Hidrolik Yüksek Okulu'ndaki Cezayirli ESP öğrencileri arasında okuma stratejileri farkındalığının incelenmesi

Öğrencilerin okuma sürecine ilişkin bilgilerinin yanı sıra okuma stratejileri konusundaki üstbilişsel farkındalıklarının teşvik edilmesi, ESP öğretiminin önemli bir konusu ve şüphesiz yüksek öğrenim zorunlu bir konu haline geldi. Bununla ilgili olarak, bu makale Cezayirli ESP öğrencilerinin farkındalıklarını ve özellikle akademik konuları İngilizce okurken okuma stratejilerini kullanmalarını incelemeye çalışmaktadır. Bu çalışma, Mokhtari ve Sheorey'in (2002) Okuma Stratejileri Araştırması'nın (SORS) yönetimi aracılığıyla Ulusal Hidrolik Yüksek Okulunda (ENSH) birinci sınıf mühendislik derslerine kaydolan 100 öğrenciye esas olarak şu noktaları öğrenmek için yapılmıştır: 1) öğrencilerin farklı okuma stratejileri kullandığını bildirme sıklığı (Küresel, Problem Çözme ve Destek Okuma Stratejileri); 2) fark (lar) Eğer varsa, kız ve erkek öğrencilerin okuma stratejileri arasında kullanımı; ve öğrenciler, SORS'a dahil olmayan diğer stratejileri kullanıldığını bildirilmiştir; 3) öğrenciler, SORS'da yer almayan diğer stratejileri kullandıklarını bildirilmiştir. Bulgular, genel olarak okuma stratejilerinin ortak kullanıcıları olan Cezayirli ESP öğrencilerinin, problem çözmeyi diğer okuma stratejileri kategorilerinden daha fazla kullanma eğiliminde olduklarını ortaya koymaktadır; erkekler ve kadınlar arasında önemli farklılıkların olmaması okuma stratejilerinin kullanıldığını bildirmiştir; bu arada öğrenciler, Mokhtari ve Sheorey'in anketinde bahsedilenler dışındaki bazı stratejilerin kullanıldığını bildiriyor. Sonuç olarak, SORS'un uyarlanmış bir versiyonu, belirli amaçlar için Cezayir EFL bağlamına uyacak şekilde tasarlanmıştır.

An examination of reading strategies awareness among Algerian ESP students at the National Higher School for hydraulics

Promoting students’ knowledge of the reading process as well as their metacognitive awareness of readingstrategies has become a crucial issue of ESP teaching and undoubtedly an obligatory subject in higher education.Relevant to this, the present paper tries to examine Algerian ESP students’ awareness and use of reading strategies,especially while reading academic material in English. The study is realized through the administration ofMokhtari and Sheorey’s (2002) Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS) to 100 students enrolled in first yearengineering classes at the National Higher School for Hydraulics (ENSH), mainly to find out: (1) frequency ofstudents’ reported use of different reading strategies (Global, Problem-solving and Support reading strategies); (2)difference(s), if any, between female and male students’ reading strategies use; and (3) students reported use ofany other strategies which are not included in the SORS. Findings reveal that Algerian ESP students, as mediumusers of reading strategies in general, tend to use Problem-solving more than other categories of reading strategies;the absence of significant differences between males and females reported use of reading strategies; meanwhile,students report use of some strategies other than those mentioned in Mokhtari and Sheorey’s Survey.Consequently, an adapted version of the SORS is designed to fit the Algerian context of EFL for specific purposes.© 2020 JLLS and the Authors - Published by JLLS.

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