Academic Reading Problems among Thai Students

Snea Thinsan

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  1. Please indicate your name and your study program. (e.g. Snea Thinsan, PhD in Language Education, School of Education)

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  2. Your Telephone number:

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  3. Your current GPA (Grade Point Average) at IUB.

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  4. Please briefly describe your employment record, if any.

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  5. Please describe the undergraduate degree you have earned: University, department, major, and minor.

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  6. Please give details about your language proficiency (i.e. TOEFL, GRE, GMAT). Please indicate the total scores, the sub-section scores, and the date taken.

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  7. How many English courses did you take at the undergraduate level? What was the grade you most often received in English (A, B, C, D)?

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  8. If you could turn back time to when you were a graduate student, what would you do differently to prepare for your academic life in America?

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  9. Please briefly share the problems, if any, that you are facing at Indiana University as a graduate student.

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  10. What do you think about reading loads at IUB?

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  11. How many hours a week did you spend on reading in English when you were at the university in Thailand?

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  12. How many hours a week do you spend on reading at IUB?

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  13. What do you think are the causes of your reading difficulties or problems? Please give details. (Please note that this is the most important question for this research project.)

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  14. Please share some of the strategies you use at IUB in order to deal with academic reading.

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  15. How satisfied are you with the knowledge about ENGLISH VOCABULARY gained from your undergraduate English courses?

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  16. How satisfied are you with the knowledge about GRAMMAR gained from your undergraduate English courses?

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  17. How satisfied are you with READING SKILLS gained from your undergraduate English courses?

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  18. How satisfied are you with WRITING SKILLS gained from your undergraduate English courses?

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  19. How satisfied are you with LISTENING SKILLS gained from your undergraduate English courses?

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  20. How satisfied are you with SPEAKING SKILLS gained from your undergraduate English courses?

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