Reading Strategies Used in Reading Academic Texts by Students of High and Intermediate Reading Proficiency Levels

In this study, the reading strategies used by students of high and intermediate proficiency levels were qualitatively examined. Reading are important factors that affect someone's proficiency. development education, continuously carried out to facilitate learning process sharpen students' skills. The purpose study is discover English Department with in academic texts. This uses theory Grabe (2009) combined interview questions Mokhtari Reichard (2002) examine ten participants consisting five people level other level. showed tend use more than biggest difference text-structure awareness inferencing strategies. It indicates mastery text structure directly related effectiveness. Without awareness, such as summarizing, inferencing, elaborative interrogation will be seriously disrupted. Keywords: Strategies, Academic Text, High Proficiency Level, Intermediate Level