1. Gender Difference in Reading Strategy Use Among ESL College Students Presenter: York Chi 戚禎祐 Instructor: Dr. Pi-Ying Hsu Date: November 26, 2009

3. Content Introduction 1 Reflection 4

7. Research Question 1 Do advanced male and female ESL learners at the college level report using different academic reading strategies?

8. Participants Participant 248 ESL students Male:138 Female:110 Taken from six university and one community college United States Midwest and South Average age: 23.2 Level: Advanced B E C D A

9. Participants Studying English the semester previous to full-time undergraduate study in their respective universities Taking full-time academic undergraduate or graduate study in writing courses

10. Participants

11. Instrument Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS) 2 3 1 Global Reading strategies (13 items) Problem-solving strategies (8 items) Support strategies (9 items)

12. Methodology Survey During English courses M High frequency use Moderate strategy use Low strategy use ＞ 3.5 ＝ 2.5~3.4 ＜ 2.4

13. Methodology T-tests Descriptive statistics To see whether or not there were differences in reading strategy use between male and female ESL learners

19. Reflection The researcher did not give any details about the placement test. The researcher did not give any details about the reading materials.

20. Reflection Page 7 showed that both males (M=3.42) and females (M=3.42) exhibited identical means (M= 3.46)

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