Assessing EFL learners" writing metacognitive awareness

Majid FARAHİAN (Department of ELT, College of Literature and Humanities, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran)
Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies
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Yıl: 2015 Cilt: 11 Sayı: 2 Sayfa Aralığı: 39 - 52 Metin Dili: Türkçe İndeks Tarihi: 29-07-2022

Assessing EFL learners" writing metacognitive awareness

Öz:
Yabancı dil olarak İngilizce yazma konusunda yürütülen üstbiliş araştırması, üstbilişsel yeteneğin ölçümü içingerekli olan geçerli bir ölçeğe bağlıdır. Yabancı dil yazım becerisinin üstbilişsel farkındalığının ölçümüneyönelik, alana özgü geçerliliği onaylanmış herhangi bir ölçek bulunmadığından, bu çalışma üstbilişselfarkındalık yazım anketini (MAWQ) geliştirmeyi ve onun geçerliliğini ölçmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Anketioluşturabilmek için, yabancı dil olarak İngilizce öğrenen 59 kişiyle mülakat yapılmıştır. Alan yazımı ve içerikanalizinden yararlanarak, yazma becerisinin üstbilişsel farkındalığıyla ilgili bir taslak oluşturulmuş ve bu taslaksayesinde varsayılan bir model elde edilmiş ve bir ön çalışma yürütülmüştür. Anketin geçerliliğini ölçmek içinise, farklı açıklayıcı faktör analizleri yapılmıştır ve , sonuç olarak, biliş bilgisi ve düzeni ile ilgili varsayılan altölçekler ortaya çıkmamıştır. Fakat tüm anketin EFA yoluyla yapılan analizinde, araştırmacının MAWQ"nun ikigenel ölçeğine dair varsayımı, biliş bilgisi ve düzeni MAWQ"nun iki ayrı öğesi olduğu belirtilerekdesteklenmiştir.
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İngilizce öğrencilerinin yazma becerisi ile ilgili üstbişişsel farkındalıklarının değerlendirilmesi

Öz:
Research on metacognition in English as a foreign language (EFL) writing is heavily dependent on a valid measure to assess metacognitive ability. Since there is no report of a validated domain -specific measure of metacognitive awareness of foreign language (FL) writing this study made an attempt to develop and validate a metacognitive awareness writing questionnaire (MAWQ). In order to construct the questionnaire, an interview with 59 EFL learners was conducted. Based on the content analysis as well as the literature, a framework for metacognitive awareness of writing was developed which led to a hypothesized model, as well as a preliminary inventory. To validate the questionnaire, various exploratory factor analyses were run, and as a result, no clear pattern of hypothesized subscales of knowledge and regulation of cognition emerged. However, in the analysis of the whole questionnaire through EFA, the researcher"s assumption regarding the two general scales of MAWQ was supported indicating that knowledge and regulation of cognition are two main components of MAWQ. © 2015 JLLS and the Authors - Published by JLLS.
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