Reading Test-taking Strategy Awareness and Strategy Use of EFL College Students

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The study examined whether there are some differences and how close the relationship between reading test-taking strategy awareness and strategy use of EFL college students across their English proficiency levels. Participants of the study were 57 students, 28 of whom were taking a TOEIC preparation course and received SBI(Strategy-based Instruction) during the course. As a comparison group, the rest of them are English education majors who have a higher level of English proficiency. The findings of the study showed that the less proficient students demonstrated a lower level of strategy awareness and strategy use over reasoning, guessing and managing strategy, even though trained and prepared for reading test situations through SBI. The more proficient students were likely to use reading test-taking strategies contributory to reading comprehension more frequently. Moreover, the more proficient group demonstrated a closer relationship between strategy awareness and strategy use than the less proficient group. The study suggests that strategy instruction be more focused on contributory strategies related with language learning.

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