Abstract
Research related to reading English as a second language by Pakistani readers is strikingly absent in the studies on adult L2 readers. In order to understand the reading process, this study investigates the reading strategies that skilled Urdu speaking Pakistani university level students applied to read English texts. It also seeks to understand what helped students become a skilled second language reader in a Pakistani context, where there has been almost no explicit attention to L2 reading instruction and research. The research participants were four students studying in B.A Honors program in the department of mass communication in a university in Pakistan. They were identified as skilled readers on the basis of their score on IELTS Academic Reading Test. Data for the study was gathered by means of think aloud protocol and informal conversation. The findings revealed that the skilled Pakistani university students employed top-down reading strategies and bottom-up reading strategies to read a text; and that the skilled readers had been avid readers since early childhood due to their family influence who steered their interest in reading through discussions on books and reading processes. The implications of the study for teaching and researching are discussed
Bushra Ahmed Khurram. (2017) The Reading Strategies of Skilled Pakistani University Level Students , The ELF Annual Research Journal, Volume 19, Issue 1.
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