Hassan Nejadghanbar|Mahmood Reza Atai|Catherine E. Snow
Exploring academic reading status and the challenges faced by graduate students of applied linguistics
Hong Kong Polytechnic University|Kharazmi University
academic reading writing abilities prerequisites success postgraduate programs domains competence particular students applied linguistics whose studies future performance teachers require insight skills questionnaire administered 194 students assessed academic reading skills addition openended questions added questionnaire interviews 14 students analyzed yielding eight domains identified particular challenges results revealed students assessed information literacy weakest one eight areas challenge included shortage time information literacy content knowledge critical literacy writers language style generic features texts teachers high expectations vague instructions insufficient statistical literacy insufficient interaction peers