This document appears to be a series of slides from a senior thesis presentation about a study on metacognition in EFL readers. The study examined 59 EFL readers' use of metacognitive reading strategies when analyzing an English travel website about Belize. The participants completed a web analysis task and questionnaire assessing their use of global, problem-solving, and support reading strategies. Results showed problem-solving strategies had the highest mean usage. The presentation concludes by discussing using additional methods like eye tracking in future research.

1. Masaya Watanabe (s1170044)
Technical Communication Laboratory
University of Aizu
February 2013Senior Thesis Presentation 1

2. } Introduction
} Problem
} Method
◦ Participants
◦ Data Collection
◦ Research Tool
} Results
} Discussion
} Conclusion and Future Work
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3. } What is the meaning of Metacognition?
Metacognition is defined as "cognition about
cognition", or "knowing about knowing.“
For my research, I looked into the different
strategies readers used for comprehension of the
English text.
} Further, the purpose was to see the extent to which
readers used global reading strategies, problem-
solving strategies and support reading strategies.
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4. } How do people use cognition and
metacognition in an EFL learning context?
} Research Purpose: Whether and to what
extent are EFL readers aware of their
metacognitive reading strategies on the web,
while analyzing a website in the target
language?
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5. } 59 EFL readers of the University of Aizu
(age group: 18 – 20 years) took part in the
study.
The participants initially took part in an
extensive web analysis exercise followed by
self-reporting of multiple reading strategies
used for website analysis (Belize tourism
website) in English.
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6. Belize English Travel Site
} 1st: Participants used the English
travel site.
(They tried to understand the
English content in the website and
navigation and completed usability
questionnaires on web access
patterns, learning, navigation, text-
graphics content etc.)
} 2nd: Participants answered the
Metacognitive Awareness of
Learning Strategies (MARSI)
questionnaire.
} 3rd: Statistical analysis of data on
three metacognitive sub-scales
(global reading strategy, problem-
solving strategy and support-
reading strategies) and reporting.
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7. } This is a questionnaire
called "Metacognitive
Awareness of Reading
Strategies Inventory
(MARSI 1.0) ."
} Maximum Value is 5.
} Minimum Value is 1.
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8. } This questionnaire can be divided into 3
groups.
◦ Global Reading Strategy(GLOB Subscale)
◦ Problem Reading Strategy(PLOB Subscale)
◦ Support Reading Strategy(SUP Subscale)
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9. } Question 1 and 19:
showing relatively
higher values
} Mean Value : 3.024
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3.83
3.54
2.14
3.42
2.76
2.95
3.31
3.71
2.36
2.36
3.39
2.95
2.56
2
2.2
2.4
2.6
2.8
3
3.2
3.4
3.6
3.8
4
4.2
1 3 4 7 10 14 17 19 22 23 25 26 29
MeanValue
Question in GLOB Subscale

10. } Question13: Maximum
value in all strategies
（Strategies: I adjust my
reading speed according
to what I’m reading.）
} Mean Value of PLOB
Subscale: 3.574
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3.71
3.2
4.08
3.64
3.54
3.14
3.83
3.44
2
2.2
2.4
2.6
2.8
3
3.2
3.4
3.6
3.8
4
4.2
8 11 13 16 18 21 27 30
MeanValue
Question in PROB Subscale

11. } Question 28: Minimum
value in all strategies
（Strategies: I ask myself
questions I like to have
answered in the text.）
} Mean Value of SUP
Subscale: 2.762
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2.39
2.31
3.05
2.69 2.66
3.14
3.24
3.34
2.05
2
2.2
2.4
2.6
2.8
3
3.2
3.4
3.6
3.8
4
4.2
2 5 6 9 12 15 20 24 28
MeanValue
Question in SUP Subscale

12. } Most – used Type:
Problem Solving
Strategy
} KEY TO AVERAGES：
◦ 3.5 or higher = High
◦ 2.5 – 3.4 = Medium
◦ 2.4 or lower = Low
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3.02
3.57
2.76
2
2.2
2.4
2.6
2.8
3
3.2
3.4
3.6
3.8
4
4.2
GLOB PLOB SUP
MeanValueineachsubscale
Subscale Type

13. } This research helped in forwarding direct
evidence of how far readers are aware of their
use of metacognitive reading strategies.
} Future Work
◦ Use of screen capture software to support MARSI
data.
◦ Use of eye-tracking data to verify thought
processes and action sequences.
◦ Use of other formal usability testing methods.
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