Journal of Applied Sciences1812-56541812-5662Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/jas.2012.2326.2331WichadeeSaovapa 1220121222Reading and summary writing skills are tools which learners
use to explore the realm of knowledge as they are required to read more English
content and write in English at university level. Hence, there should be a teaching
method which helps them understand what they are reading, summarize what they
have read. The current research was conducted to compare students
English reading and summary writing abilities before and after being taught
through transactional strategies and study the opinions of students on learning
with transactional strategies. The target group was 62 Fine Arts students, enrolled
in English for Art and Design course in the second semester of the academic
year 2010 at a private university. The instruments consisted of the reading
comprehension tests, summary writing tests which were administered to the students
before and after the experiment and an opinion questionnaire. Data were analyzed
by using mean, standard deviation and percentage. The findings revealed that
after the students learned through transactional strategies, their English reading
and summary writing abilities were higher than those before learning. It was
found that 90.3% of the students had higher language competency than the set
criterion. In addition, the students expressed a high level of opinion towards
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