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The aim of this study is to investigate preservice classroom teachers' reading motivations, metacognitive reading strategies and attitudes towards reading habits. Data were collected from 217 students in Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Education during the spring semester of 2016-2017 academic year. The design of the study is correlational survey method. Adult reading motivation scale, metacognitive reading strategies scale and attitude scale related to reading habits were used as data collection tools. Descriptive and predictive statistical methods were used to analyze the data and statistical package program was used for data analysis. Mean and standard deviation values were used to determine metacognitive reading strategies, reading motivations, and the attitudes of reading habits, Pearson correlation analysis method to test the relationship between them, unpaired t test and ANOVA were used to determine their differences according to university student's demographic characteristics. According to the results of the analysis, the participants frequently use metacognitive strategies and their reading motivation and attitudes towards reading habits are high. Moreover, there are positive and meaningful relationships between metacognitive reading strategies, reading motivations and reading habits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Turkish teaching, it is possible for learners to become effective readers by internalizing the metacognitive reading strategies required by the textual approach using appropriate reading method-techniques for textual reading. There was no study in which Turkish language teaching was evaluated in this respect. The aim of the study is to relate metacognitive reading strategies with reading method-techniques in the context of text type. In the study, firstly the literature was scanned and reading method-techniques and metacognitive reading strategies were determined. Later on, the types of texts, reading method-techniques and metacognitive reading strategies in Turkish Teaching Programme (2018) have been associated. The generated chart has been rearranged within the suggestions made by sending it to the four field experts who have studies on reading skills. It is assumed that this research will provide a basis for developing reading skills in the context of the use of metacognitive reading strategies by preparing suitable reading activities for textual teaching in Turkish teaching and operating appropriate reading method-techniques for textual reading. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]