Identifying academic reading strategies in a multilingual context

In this thesis I explore the complexity of FL (Foreign Language) reading through qualitatively and quantitatively analysing the forms, ways, and mechanisms applied by adult readers at tertiary university education level to construct meaning in an ESP/EAP (English for Specific and Academic Purposes) multilingual educational context at the Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM), in Mozambique

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

University of the Western Cape

Year dc:date.issued

2014

Author dc:creator

• Cabinda, Manuel João José

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Kerfoot, Caroline
• Van Herreweghe, Mieke

• Reading strategies
• English as a foreign language
• English for academic purposes
• Adult learners
• Multilingualism
• Tertiary education
• Cognition
• Metacognition
• Think aloud methodology

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