Meaning-making in the first and second language: Reading strategies of Malaysian students

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages 211-223

  Maarof, Nooreiny ^a   Yaacob, Rohaya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Technical Secondary School   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

First language; Malaysian students; Meaning making; Reading strategies; Second language

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953243823     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.02.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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