The College of Education announces the final Dissertation of

Kristine Howell

for the degree of Doctor of Education

October 17, 2016 at 10:30 am in 405 Ball Hall

Major Advisor: J. Helen Perkins, EdD

READING STRATEGIES THAT MOTIVATE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS: AN EXAMINATION OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHER PERCEPTIONS

ABSTRACT: This exploratory study examined teachers’ perceptions of motivational literacy instructional strategies for use with English as a second language learners (ESLs). Using a Likert-type quantitative survey, a ranked list of motivational metacognitive reading strategies based on a chi-square goodness of fit test with effect sizes and descriptive statistical analysis (mean and standard deviation) was created. Relative frequencies were calculated to compare strategies relative importance to teachers’ perceived frequency of use. Metacognitive reading strategy category trends were analyzed. Results found that effective ESL teachers tend to use global strategies more often than problem-solving and support strategies.