METACOGNITIVE AWARENESS OF READING STRATEGIES AMONG THAI EFL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Usaporn Sucaromana
Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to investigate the metacognitive awareness of reading strategies among Thai EFL Undergraduate Students. Through the Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS), the students’ metacognitive awareness of Global, Problem-Solving, and Support reading strategies used were also identified. At the end of the study, the results indicated that the participants usually have metacognitive awareness of reading strategies. They mostly used problem-solving strategies, while the supporting strategies was leastly used in their reading.

KEYWORDS

metacognitive awareness, reading strategies, EFL, english, reading