Metacognitive and critical thinking practices in developing EFL students’ argumentative writing skills

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Názov: Metacognitive and critical thinking practices in developing EFL students’ argumentative writing skills
Autori: Fathiaty Murtadho
Zdroj: Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, Vol 10, Iss 3 (2021)
Informácie o vydavateľovi: Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, 2021.
Rok vydania: 2021
Zbierka: LCC:Special aspects of education
LCC:Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar
Predmety: action research, argumentative writing skill, critical thinking, metacognition, Special aspects of education, LC8-6691, Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar, P101-410
Popis: This action research examined the roles of writing instruction involving metacognitive and critical thinking strategy to improve argumentative writing skills of college students in Indonesia. Argumentative writing is one of the pivotal topics among researchers investigating ways to improve college-level writing. This study involved 88 students of three parallel classes enrolled in the writing skill development course. Employing Kemmis and McTaggart's (1988, 2014) model of action research, this study employed a three-cycle action study in one semester, covering four stages of learning tasks: understanding of problem, monitoring of students’ learning activities, problem-solving, assessment, and conclusion drawing. Each cycle provided learning exercises of metacognitive and critical thinking to hone the students’ argumentative writing skills. Referring to critical skill criteria as a baseline, the analysis found that employing metacognitive and critical thinking process in the instructional treatments enabled the students to improve their argumentative writing skills. The finding indicates a pivotal role of incorporating metacognition in writing instruction as a strategy to improve college-level writing skills.
Druh dokumentu: article
Popis súboru: electronic resource
Jazyk: English
ISSN: 2301-9468
2502-6747
Relation: https://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/IJAL/article/view/31752; https://doaj.org/toc/2301-9468; https://doaj.org/toc/2502-6747
DOI: 10.17509/ijal.v10i3.31752
Prístupová URL adresa: https://doaj.org/article/a5ac2f64f2b044879153a95e2a0dc907
Prístupové číslo: edsdoj.5ac2f64f2b044879153a95e2a0dc907
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Abstrakt:This action research examined the roles of writing instruction involving metacognitive and critical thinking strategy to improve argumentative writing skills of college students in Indonesia. Argumentative writing is one of the pivotal topics among researchers investigating ways to improve college-level writing. This study involved 88 students of three parallel classes enrolled in the writing skill development course. Employing Kemmis and McTaggart's (1988, 2014) model of action research, this study employed a three-cycle action study in one semester, covering four stages of learning tasks: understanding of problem, monitoring of students’ learning activities, problem-solving, assessment, and conclusion drawing. Each cycle provided learning exercises of metacognitive and critical thinking to hone the students’ argumentative writing skills. Referring to critical skill criteria as a baseline, the analysis found that employing metacognitive and critical thinking process in the instructional treatments enabled the students to improve their argumentative writing skills. The finding indicates a pivotal role of incorporating metacognition in writing instruction as a strategy to improve college-level writing skills.
ISSN:23019468
25026747
DOI:10.17509/ijal.v10i3.31752