Global okuma strateji eğitiminin ikinci dilde okuduğunu anlamaya etkilerinin göz izleme yoluyla incelenmesi

The reading skill has a crucial role both in the acquisition of mother tongue and L2 learning processes. Because of the important role of reading in L2, it has been of interest to a number of researchers and various aspects of reading have been investigated to explore L2 reading processes from a variety of perspectives. Reading strategies are one of these research interests. In the present study, it was aimed at investigating the impact of a strategy training on Turkish EFL learners' metacognitive awareness and use of global reading strategies over and above reading comprehension skills. 23 freshmen, enrolled in the Department of ELT at a state university in Turkey, participated in the current study, and the data were collected both qualitatively and quantitatively, with four data collection instruments. The results are encouraging for the use of reciprocal teaching in EFL contexts. It was found that reading comprehension scores of the participants improved to a statistically significant extent. Similarly, MARSI findings indicated that the perceived use and metacognitive awareness of the participants regarding global reading strategies were significantly better. Eye tracking results, hand in hand with the think-aloud protocols' findings, revealed that the participants utilized global reading strategies more frequently to a statistically significant degree. Thus, it can be concluded that strategy training was useful for the participants to improve their reading comprehension skills and the use of global reading strategies as well as to foster their awareness in respect of these strategies.