Introducing New Digital Challenges for Reading Comprehension: A Case Study with Dedicated E-Readers

This case study was conducted to explore the metacognitive awareness of reading comprehension strategies of students while they used a dedicated e-Reader (Amazon Kindle) for reading an e-text. Fifteen high school students were assigned to complete a reading task which included reading two chapters of an e-book in a foreign language using a dedicated e-reading device. The findings revealed that students used a repertoire of effective metacognitive strategies while they read with the digital medium. They also took advantage of several features of the device to introduce new strategies to interact within the new context.