Scope of the Study Definition of Key Terms
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3. Reading strategy is the mental activity that readers use in order to
construct meaning from a text see N. J Anderson et al., 1991; Devine, 1993; Hosenfeld et al., 1981 in AebersoldField, 1997.
4. Reading strategies involve ways of processing text which will vary with
the nature of the text, the reader’s purpose and the context of situation Wallace, 1992.
5. Cognitive strategies are specific learning tasks which involve more direct
manipulation of the learning material itself Brown, 1994. 6.
Cognitive strategies are strategies in which learner interacts with the material to be learned by manipulating it mentally as in making mental
images, or elaborating on previously acquired concepts or skills or physically as in grouping items to be learned in meaningful categories, or
taking notes
on important
information to
be remembered
O’MalleyChamot, 1990. 7.
Cognitive reading strategies such as getting the idea quickly help learners locate the main idea through skimming or the key points of interest
through scanning Oxford, 1990 8.
Reading comprehension is the process of constructing meaning from text means extracting the required information from it as efficiently as possible
see Grellet, 1986; Lenz, 2005. 9.
Reading comprehension is the ability to understand information in a text and interpret it appropriately GrabeStoller, 2002.
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10. Reading comprehension is a process in which a reader constructs meaning,
while or after, interacting with text through the combination of prior knowledge and previous experience, information in the text, the stance she
or he takes in relationship to the text, and immediate, remembered, or anticipated social interactions and communication Rudell et al, 1994