An investigation into the effects of disciplinespecific background knowledge, proficiency and genre on reading comprehension and strategies of Malaysian ESP students

• Main Author: Zainal, Zaidah
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: LC Special aspects of education
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/101740/1/ZaidahZainalPLA2002.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/101740/; http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:148854
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This study investigates the reading comprehension and strategies of Malaysian students within the context of ESP. It seeks to examine the interplay between discipline-specific background knowledge, proficiency and genre with reading comprehension and strategy use by ESP students. The subjects involv...