Learning Styles, Strategy Use, and English Performance: A Case Study of Taiwanese EFL College Students

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-an Hou ◽  
Yen-ju Hou ◽  
Wei-yu Chung ◽  
Hsueh-yu Cheng
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Efl College Students

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.

A Case Study of Formation of Mandarin-English College Students’ Metacognition

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 22802291
Author(s):  
Wei Zhou
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Metacognitive Strategy ◽  
English Major

The present study provides both quantitative and qualitative analysis of the formation of language learners’ metacognition as the Mandarin-English college students in China. I hypothesized that language learning will be promoted by intervention of course teaching if students are trained to become more aware of and skillful at the use of metacognition strategies and other learning strategies that can be used in the language learning process. 3 of 115 freshmen from department of foreign language in Southwest Petroleum University are chosen to be subjects of the study. The result carries out to examine the intervention of strategy course on the formation of metacognition of English major freshmen in their language learning. The conclusions obtained from pre-interviews and post-interview have indicated that the subjects’ metacognition knowledge and metacognitive strategy use in language learning are conflicting. After the course, the metacognition of the subjects increased.

scholarly journals Using Wattpad to Promote the Students’ Responses to Literary Works: EFL College Students’ Perspectives and Experiences of Enjoying Short Stories

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-192
Author(s):  
Mega Anggitasari ◽  
Wawan Tarwana ◽  
R. Bunga Febriani ◽  
Syafryadin Syafryadin
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Short Stories ◽  
Reader Response ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Positive Feedback ◽  
Response Theory ◽  
Reader Response Theory ◽  
Literacy Activities ◽  
Efl College Students

This research is to investigate how EFL college students response in enjoying short stories by using Wattpad and to find out how their perception and experiences in enjoying short stories by means reading Wattpad. As interest in literacy activities, EFL college students’ choose Wattpad as an application to read short stories, Wattpad is a fairly popular and efficient application for reading short stories and can provide comments directly within the short story paragraphs and Wattpad has many advantages in promoting reader-response theory to EFL college students’ .This case study was conducted to the college students and 40 students. Three instruments covering the observation, the interview, and the questionnaire were chosen to gain the data. It was concluded that there is the positive feedback of using Wattpad as a media to learning literature similar to those previous studies, this research also focuses on Wattpad as a media to learning literature.

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