Reading Strategy Research Around the World

There has never been consensus among researchers for a clear cut definition of reading strategies. This diversity is largely due to the way the term has been used in different contexts such as first language [L1], second language [L2], or foreign language [FL] learning. However, research on second language reading strategies indicates that strategies refer to conscious reading behaviors (Cohen, 1998). Study of reading strategies, their different categories, their instruction outcomes and the factors that influence the readers’ use of them has attracted a lot of researchers in the field of language research and pedagogy in the recent decades. The present study is an attempt to synthesize and discuss some of the studies conducted on
reading strategies all around the world.