Implementing Technology-Enhanced Strategy Training to Improve Reading Skills of Turkish as a Second Language (TSL) Learners

Abstract

This chapter aims to reveal the results of a study conducted at an intensive Turkish language program at a state university in Turkey with a view to identifying the impact of an 8-week reading strategy training with the help of technological tools. To this end, quantitative data were collected from 39 C1 level TSL students coming from a variety of different international backgrounds at the beginning and at the end of the study with the help of a reading strategy survey, qualitative data were obtained through the voluntary participation of 10 students in semistructured interviews. The findings of the study indicate that there was a significant increase in the use of reading strategies after the training sessions and the participants stated that they learned how to use those strategies and found the technology-enhanced training beneficial, and it raised their awareness related to how to benefit from them for future difficulties.