Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2009

Full Length Research Paper

The relationship between FL reading strategies and FL reading proficiency: A study on Turkish EFL learners

İpek Kuru Gönen
  • Ä°pek Kuru Gönen
  • Anadolu University, Faculty of Education, Department of ELT, 26470 Eskisehir, Turkey.
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  •  Received: 21 October 2015
  •  Accepted: 22 December 2015
  •  Published: 23 December 2015

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