General Skill Needs and Challenges in University Academic Reading: Voices from Undergraduates and Language Teachers

Q2 Social Sciences

Journal of College Reading and Learning Pub Date : 2020-04-20 DOI:10.1080/10790195.2020.1734885

Xiaohua Liu, J. Read

引用次数: 8

Abstract

ABSTRACT Previous surveys of university academic reading generally employed questionnaires and fell short of an in-depth analysis of students’ skill needs and difficulties. Taking a qualitative approach, the current study interviewed 22 undergraduates and 7 language teachers from a New Zealand university. Together the participants highlighted a number of skill and knowledge areas that were considered both critical and challenging. They also articulated both the reasons behind those needs and the possible causes of specific challenges, revealing the interactive relationships among different variables in shaping those needs and challenges. These findings depict a more contextualized and elaborate picture of university students’ skill needs and challenges in academic reading as compared with previous findings. Implications of the findings for both research and practice are also discussed in the paper.

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大学学术阅读的一般技能需求和挑战:来自本科生和语言教师的声音

摘要以往的大学学术阅读调查普遍采用问卷调查，未能深入分析学生的技能需求和困难。本研究采用定性方法，采访了新西兰一所大学的22名本科生和7名语言教师。与会者共同强调了一些被认为既重要又具有挑战性的技能和知识领域。他们还阐述了这些需求背后的原因和具体挑战的可能原因，揭示了在形成这些需求和挑战时不同变量之间的互动关系。与之前的研究结果相比，这些研究结果对大学生在学术阅读中的技能需求和挑战进行了更深入和细致的描述。文中还讨论了这些发现对研究和实践的启示。

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Journal of College Reading and Learning Social Sciences-Linguistics and Language

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期刊介绍： The Journal of College Reading and Learning (JCRL) invites authors to submit their scholarly research for publication. JCRL is an international forum for the publication of high-quality articles on theory, research, and policy related to areas of developmental education, postsecondary literacy instruction, and learning assistance at the postsecondary level. JCRL is published triannually in the spring, summer, and fall for the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA). In addition to publishing investigations of the reading, writing, thinking, and studying of college learners, JCRL seeks manuscripts with a college focus on the following topics: effective teaching for struggling learners, learning through new technologies and texts, learning support for culturally and linguistically diverse student populations, and program evaluations of developmental and learning assistance instructional models.