Students' reading anxiety and reading strategies in comprehending introduction section of journal article

Sari, Riana Arum (2022) Students' reading anxiety and reading strategies in comprehending introduction section of journal article. Masters (S2) thesis, IAIN Kediri.

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Abstract

Numerous studies on examining the reading anxiety sources and the reading strategies have been conducted separately; however what possible sources of reading anxiety experienced by high achievers and low achievers and the different reading strategies they use have not been investigated. The objectives of this study are investigating and describing the sources of reading anxiety experienced by high and low achievers, as well as finding the difference in reading strategies used by high and low achievers in comprehending introduction section of journal article. To achieve those purposes, a total of 8 students from the fourth semester in English department major at IAIN Kediri participated in this study. This research used a qualitative method that employed a case study as the research design. The data were collected using observation notes which was to write down important points that participants did or commented during the think aloud session, two questionnaires that measured students‘ anxiety as well as the sources of the anxiety, English Foreign Language Reading Anxiety Inventory by Zoghi (2012) , and their reading strategies, Survey of Reading Strategies by Mokhtari and Sheorey (2002), and interview notes.The result showed that two participants (25%) experienced in the high level, five participants (62.5%) experienced in medium level, and one participant (12.5%) experienced in the low level with the potential sources were general reading anxiety (22.5%), background and cultural knowledge (20.5%), vocabulary (20.3%), grammar (19.6%), and teaching method (17.4%). This shows that reading anxiety is indeed experienced by both groups of participants and breaks the assumption that high achievers generally experience anxiety not as high as low achievers. The remarkable fact was having a certain level of anxiety might be beneficial rather than harmful. It could assist students in maintaining their learning efforts. It was also revealed that high achievers used reading strategies more often than low achievers and the way they used the strategy was also different.

Item Type:	Thesis (Skripsi, Tesis, Disertasi) (Masters (S2))
Subjects:	13 EDUCATION (Pendidikan) > 1399 Other Education > 139999 Education not elsewhere classified
Divisions:	Program Pascasarjana > Program Studi Magister Tadris Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User:	Riana Arum Sari
Date Deposited:	26 Dec 2022 04:34
Last Modified:	26 Dec 2022 04:34
URI:	https://etheses.iainkediri.ac.id:80/id/eprint/6493

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