Yılmaz, CevdetGüzel, Serhat2025-01-272025-01-2720191309-0682https://doi.org/10.29329/mjer.2019.185.31https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/331555https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/16043Defining literacy within the context of language teaching using various interfaces is considered anendeavor that holds a great potential to discover new contexts for meaning making. In addition, employingstrategies both prior to and during the reading process is a way to enhance the effectiveness of meaning makingprocess of reading. However, in the context of digital literacy and online extensive reading as e-book reading,the amount of research presenting insight on English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ strategic behaviors islimited in number. Therefore, this paper aims to reveal the role of strategies and understanding of literacy whenperforming extensive reading using e-book novels. In this qualitative study in which descriptive analyticalresearch design was implemented, 10 EFL learners were given a reading strategies training prior to reading an ebook novel. Following the process, their understandings of strategies and strategic behaviors were analyzed to bepresented in a descriptive manner. The analysis of the qualitative data revealed that EFL learners highly favoredextensive online e-book reading due to various reasons such as easy access to the reading material, reading at theconvenience of their mobile devices, etc. In addition, they reported that their reading behaviors in terms ofimplementing reading strategies did not lead to any dramatic changes in their general reading behaviors. As thefinal note, however, participants responded that online e-book reading experience raised an awareness towardonline reading literacy as a unique type of literacy.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessEğitimEğitim AraştırmalarıDil ve Dil BilimArticle132765366310.29329/mjer.2019.185.31331555