University EFL Students’ Use of Online English Information Searching Strategy
The purpose of this study was to investigate the online English information searching strategies (OEISS) used by university students studying English as a foreign language (EFL). Students’ background characteristics were also examined to determine whether they influence the students’ searching st...
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Urmia University
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| description | The purpose of this study was to investigate the online English information searching strategies
(OEISS) used by university students studying English as a foreign language (EFL). Students’ background
characteristics were also examined to determine whether they influence the students’ searching
strategies. This study revised and used the Online Information Searching Strategy Inventory (OISS)
developed by Tsai (2009). A survey questionnaire was administered to 537 university students
recruited from 11 universities. The results indicated that the participants used OEISS at an average
level. In addition, significant differences were found on how students used OEISS in developing their
English reading ability, their purposes for online reading, and their time spent online. Moreover,
contrary to previous findings, no significant difference was found between males and females in the
use of OEISS. Lastly, the majority of students were found to avoid using disorientation strategies. This
research provided information that compliments the present literature on OEISS for EFL university
students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a4eadf6d0ef74177943df3f83c2fdb722022-12-21T18:18:40ZengUrmia UniversityIranian Journal of Language Teaching Research2322-12912322-12912020-01-0181111127University EFL Students’ Use of Online English Information Searching StrategyKate Tzu-Ching Chen0Chaoyang University of TechnologyThe purpose of this study was to investigate the online English information searching strategies (OEISS) used by university students studying English as a foreign language (EFL). Students’ background characteristics were also examined to determine whether they influence the students’ searching strategies. This study revised and used the Online Information Searching Strategy Inventory (OISS) developed by Tsai (2009). A survey questionnaire was administered to 537 university students recruited from 11 universities. The results indicated that the participants used OEISS at an average level. In addition, significant differences were found on how students used OEISS in developing their English reading ability, their purposes for online reading, and their time spent online. Moreover, contrary to previous findings, no significant difference was found between males and females in the use of OEISS. Lastly, the majority of students were found to avoid using disorientation strategies. This research provided information that compliments the present literature on OEISS for EFL university students.http://ijltr.urmia.ac.ir/article_120810_400adbb33028677ad3bb20b1e7329998.pdfonline information searchingonline english information searching strategy (oeiss)university studentenglish as foreign language |
| spellingShingle | Kate Tzu-Ching Chen University EFL Students’ Use of Online English Information Searching Strategy Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research online information searching online english information searching strategy (oeiss) university student english as foreign language |
| title | University EFL Students’ Use of Online English Information Searching Strategy |
| title_full | University EFL Students’ Use of Online English Information Searching Strategy |
| title_fullStr | University EFL Students’ Use of Online English Information Searching Strategy |
| title_full_unstemmed | University EFL Students’ Use of Online English Information Searching Strategy |
| title_short | University EFL Students’ Use of Online English Information Searching Strategy |
| title_sort | university efl students use of online english information searching strategy |
| topic | online information searching online english information searching strategy (oeiss) university student english as foreign language |
| url | http://ijltr.urmia.ac.ir/article_120810_400adbb33028677ad3bb20b1e7329998.pdf |
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