John AtkinsGirma Gezahegn2021-10-192023-11-092021-10-192023-11-091994-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/28221This Preliminary Investigation Strategies of AAU 1st year students i.5 3 based on questionnaire and interviews. into the Reading descriptive study 251 AAU 1st year students were the target subjects of the study. Chapter one o f the study s:ates :.c" problem, describes the aim, importance and limitations of . Chapter reviews relevant work on language learning strategi es ill general and reading strategies in particular. The study procedure is described in the fa chapter which is followed by reporting o f the results and discussion o f them in chapter 4. The last chapter deals wit h conclusions and recommendations . The restdt of t h e study indicat"?s chat most of the subjects have relatively low awareness of readin g strategies that may fa cilitatemo re successful reading. Consequently , a numb2r of r<2adinq strategies b=-lieved l i kely by r2search8rs faci lita te m0re uccessfu: z'2cidinJ ~2~e said to be either never used or used very rare:y. More o v-?r I tile resut of the study suggests that a number c f readin g strategies that are deemed by reea hers to be aprrriate and likely to hinder th ,2 redding pr :, c2~S :2~e $..5. j to be u3ecJ very frequently and are va lllEd hich:y by mc st of the sbjects.EnglishReading Strategies of AAUThesis