This research investigates the strategies of four
ESL students when reading English and Chinese
narrative texts. The research describes the
strategies applied by these subjects and compares
whether or not they used different strategies in
processing English and Chinese. The techniques of
interviews and videotaping were used jointly to
collect data on the subjects comprehension
processes. The researcher discovered that all twelve
strategies identified in Chinese reading were also
found in English reading. It suggests that the
subjects processed reading in both languages in a
very...