Contribution/ OriginalityThis study is one of very few studies which have investigated the correlation between task difficulty of the four macro-genres (i.e., descriptive, narrative, argumentative, expository) and
657learners' reading comprehension and their use of reading strategies in the same macro-genres. The results can be utilized by language researchers and practitioners.
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