Reading Test-taking Strategy Awareness and Strategy Use of EFL College Students

2017 ◽  
Vol null (44) ◽  
pp. 335-354
Author(s):  
황선유
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Test Taking ◽  
Efl College Students ◽  
Test Taking Strategy

scholarly journals The Application of Metacognitive Note-taking Skills in Reading Lessons to EFL College Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-49
Author(s):  
Mi Pham Kieu Phan
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Reading Strategy ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Academic Learning ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Note Taking ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
School Time ◽  
Efl College Students

Metacognition has been considered as a key element for successful self-regulated learning. However, it seemed foreign to EFL college students. The present study examined students’ changes in metacognitive strategy use in the two conditions: one condition with the intervention of metacognitive note-taking skills (MNT) and one with the conventional teaching approach. Fifty-four students were randomly assigned to an experimental group (n=27) and a control group (n=27). Each group separately took part in a seven-session instruction outside school time, and then took a pretest and a posttest measuring their awareness level of reading strategy use. Nineteen out of the experimental participants individually attended semi-structured interviews, exploring their perceptions of the effect of MNT use while reading. The tests’ results demonstrated that there were significant differences in their recognition of reading strategy use in both conditions. The qualitative findings reported on positive perceptions of the MNT application during reading sessions. Also, the participants showed some difficulties in the application of MNT. This study potentially provides an effective and innovative educational tool to enhance students’ academic learning and their lifelong learning as well.

scholarly journals TEST TAKING STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ READING TEST

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Muhammad Farhan Rafi ◽  
Aang Fatikhul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Comprehension Strategies ◽  
English Department ◽  
Test Taking ◽  
Comprehension Test ◽  
Good Score ◽  
Test Taking Strategy

Understanding the meaning of any passage is the aim of reading comprehension. This is one of objectives in Reading 2 class English Department at STKIP PGRI Jombang. To achieve a good score on this subject, students must take a test, they have the answers right in performing reading comprehension test, students could make use of test taking strategy. The research describe what test taking strategy used by students of STKIP PGRI Jombang in performing reading comprehension test are. This study was with Principal Component Analysis (PCA), and descriptive. This research consisted of 95 correspondent of the third-semester students of English Department STKIP PGRI Jombang. It uses questionnaire and test as its instrument. The research found there were 7 factors from 28 strategy items accounted for 69.1% cumulative of the variance. They are Option-Selecting Strategies, Question-Rereading Strategies, Option Comprehension Strategies, Answer-Checking Strategies, Option Consideration Strategies, Cognitive Strategies and Clues-Finding Strategies.

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