Identifying academic reading strategies in a multilingual context

Loading...
Thumbnail Image

Date

2014

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

University of the Western Cape

Abstract

In this thesis I explore the complexity of FL (Foreign Language) reading through qualitatively and quantitatively analysing the forms, ways, and mechanisms applied by adult readers at tertiary university education level to construct meaning in an ESP/EAP (English for Specific and Academic Purposes) multilingual educational context at the Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), in Mozambique

Description

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD

Keywords

Reading strategies, English as a foreign language, English for academic purposes, Adult learners, Multilingualism, Tertiary education, Cognition, Metacognition, Think aloud methodology

Citation