Abstract:
English is a widely used language all over the world and it is one of the most important tools for people to access information. In the present, the world has transformed into an information society. There are many things that can be done faster than the old days such as sending news or messages, calculating the math, buying utensils and so on. People need to access and exchange information for communication quickly and effectively. For readers, reading is the most important skill to understand in order to ensure success in academic learning and to make progress in language learning. Therefore,reading is an important part of academic studies, professional success, and personal development. This
study aimed to investigate the English reading strategies used by 3rd-year English Education students at Buriram Rajabhat University while reading texts in English. The participants in this study were 28 3rd-year English Education students at Buriram Rajabhat University, who were studying in the second semester of the academic year 2021.
The questionnaire in this study was adapted from the Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS)
developed by Mokhtari and Sheorey, (2002) with a 5-point Likert scale. The result showed that on average, the students frequently use the Bottom-up reading strategies for using reference materials, decoding the meaning and translating the texts, whereas the Top-down reading strategies for transferring information from the text to some kind of grid or matrix was less requently used. The findings from this study can help teachers develop teaching methods and materials to improve and enhance student’s reading strategies effectively.
