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International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences

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ISSN: 2222-6990

Perceived Use of Online Reading Strategies Online Reading Problems: A Study of Relationships between Reading Strategies

Memiyanty Abdul Rahim, Azizan Zainuddin, Farhatul Mustamirrah Mahamad Aziz, May Sapura Mohd Shazilli, Siti Najiha Shaiful Nizam, Noor Hanim Rahmat

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v13-i7/17188

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Reading comprehension is a critical component of literacy because it ensures that knowledge is easily obtained. However, the online reading comprehension approach necessitates practise, skills, and additional strategies to ensure that the reading is effective. Learners are said to use reading strategies to help them understand the contents. The aim of this research is to identify the relationship in between the online reading problems and the reading strategies. This quantitative research is done using a purposive sampling with 335 participants had involved in the survey. The instrument used is a 5 Likert-scale survey on reading comprehension problems and on perceived use of online reading strategies to reveal the variables. The survey has 4 sections. Section A has items on demographic profile. Section B has 14 items on reading difficulties. Section C has 17 items on global strategies. Section D has 8 items on problem-solving strategies and Section E has 9 items on support strategies. This research found that there is a strong positive relationship between global strategies, problem-solving reading strategies and also support strategies in overcoming the reading problems among the learners. It is learned that from the findings the three strategies global, support and problems-solving strategies are essential to employ in order to minimize the difficulty in comprehend the online reading among the learners.