METACOGNITIVE STRATEGIES EMPLOYED BY GRADUATE STUDENTS IN WRITING TERM PAPERS IN ENGLISH

1. METACOGNITIVE STRATEGIES EMPLOYED BY GRADUATE STUDENTS IN WRITING TERM PAPERS IN ENGLISH (Research by Dr. Enny Irawati, M.Pd.) Presented by Lusi Mardiana

2. OUTLINE • Introduction • Methodology • Findings • Conclusion

3. INTRODUCTION Writing

4. Producing a piece of text, the writer has to deal with content, audience, purpose, syntax, grammar, mechanics, organization, and the process of writing.(Raimes, 1983)

5. STRATEGIES Successfull writing performance Unsuccessfull writing performance

6. The aims of the study • To find out metacognitive strategies employed by graduate student writers of English Education major.

7. The research settings • Time: December 2006 to January 2007. • Place: English Education Department of State University of Malang.

8. The subjects of the study • Two students of Advanced Linguistic class at the graduate program of English Education major based on predetermined criteria. • The initial of the two subjects of the research are “D” and “W”

9. Task Environment Writing Assignment TEXT PRODUCED SO FAR Topic Audience Motivating Cues The Writer’s Long Term Memory PLANNING Reviewing Organizing Reading Translating Generating Knowledge of Topic Goal Setting Editing Knowledge of Audience Stored Writing Plans MONITORING The Cognitive Model of Writing Process (Hayes and Flower, 1980)

10. Metacognitive strategies is a strategy which involves thinking about learning process, planning for learning, monitoring the learning task, and evaluating how well one has learned. (O’Malley and Chamot,1990,137)

11. METHODOLOGY • When the subjects wrote their first draft, they did the think-aloud that verbalized their thoughts. • The spoken verbalization was recorded with tape recorder. • The statements were evaluated to infer metacognitive strategies they employed.

12. FINDINGS “D” Meta-cognitive Strategies “W” Meta-cognitives Strategies • Self monitoring • Advanced preparation • Self evaluation • Delayed Production • Avoidance • Self management • Self evaluation • Self monitoring • Advanced Preparation • Avoidance • Delayed Production

13. Types of metacognitive strategies prefered in doing writing that are organizational planning, self-monitoring and self-evaluation. (O’Malley and Chamot, 1990, 142)

14. CONCLUSION • The subjects of research employ meta-cognitive strategies. • The strategies employed help the subjects of research to continue writing a term paper to the final text production.

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