Feedback of Thai EFL University Students on Reading and Teaching Reading Strategies

Abstract

This study reported the feedback of Thai University students on their
reading strategies and teacher’s reading strategies. A hundred freshmen and
sophomores, English major of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
studying in Buriram Rajabhat University, Thailand were the participants of
the survey. The teacher has taught them reading strategies and applied
teaching reading strategies on reading courses. At the end of the semester,
the teacher asked them to respond to the survey asking them for reading and
teaching strategies. The research found the reading strategies the students
employed at the high level were the followings:1) Reading the
comprehension questions before reading the passage, 2) Translating the
passages into Thai language, and 3) Scanning the passages to find the
answers concerning topic and main idea. For teaching, the students
preferred 1) Learning how to translate the reading passages into Thai, 2)
The humor of teacher, and 3) Teacher’s using both first language and
foreign language in reading classes