Improving Reading Comprehension of Malaysian Secondary School Students via Self-Questioning Reading Strategies

Zulaikha Izehari2014907245

ED7701A1EDU702 Intro to Research Methodology

Research Objectives & Questions

Objectives

• To identify students’ reading strategies employed in their reading activities

• To investigate the effects of teaching self-questioning in reading literary texts on improving students’ questioning ability

• To determine the effectiveness of self-questioning reading strategies on reading comprehension in ESL classroom

Questions

• What are the reading strategies employed by the students in their reading activities?

• What is the effectiveness of self-questioning reading on questioning skills in ESL classroom?

• What is the effectiveness of self-questioning reading on reading comprehension in ESL classroom?

Conceptual Framework

Students

Literary Text

Self-Questioning Strategies

Literary Text

read and acknowledge

apply given instruction

increase comprehension & questioning

skill

receive instructions

InstrumentsResearch Questions Instruments Analysis

What are the reading strategies employed by the students in

their reading activities?

QuestionnaireSurvey of Reading Strategies (SORS)

Inventory

How does self-questioning reading

strategies affect students’ questioning

skills?

Document AnalysisDubravac & Dalle’s Model of Questions

Inventory

How does self-questioning reading

strategies affect students’ reading comprehension?

TestsPre-test & Post-test

 

SPSSPaired T-test

Sample

Form 4 Students[Sekolah Seri Puteri, Cyberjaya]

Selangor

Malaysia: Boarding School Students

Sample Size: 118 out of 180 studentsSampling Method: Random Sampling

For the purpose of mini research, only 8 students participated in the study.

Results – RQ1

71%

14%

14%

SORS

GLOB - Global ReadingPROB - Problem SolvingSUP - Support Reading

Results – RQ2

Model of Questions Frequency

Textually explicit(questions with answers on text) 2

Textually implicit(questions with answers beyond

text)17

Scripturally implicit(questions with answers of

opinions) 16

Linguistic(questions related to language

structure)8

Participating Students

Eight students participated in this mini research on 29th May 2015. They are Form 2 students from Sekolah Seri Puteri, Cyberjaya.The mini research was carried out in Self-Access Centre (SAC) for about an hour.