SLA RESEARCH ON SELF-DIRECTION: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ISSUES



OAXACA/97 PROJECT

INPUT SESSION # 4


VERBAL REPORTS

COMMUNICATION OF METACOGNITIVE EXPERIENCES

1. SELF-REPORT

FEATURES:

- delayed or late

- generalisations about oneself as a language learners

EXAMPLE:

- the biography you wrote at the beginning of the project

ACTIVITY: Try to find the characteristics of self-report in your own biography

2. SELF-OBSERVATION

FEATURES:

-   immediate or early

-   preferred strategies

EXAMPLE:

- the first individual counselling session at the beginning of the project
when you worked for 30 min. and then explained to me the way you did it.

ACTIVITY: Complete the task “ Compound nouns” (photocopied)

Compare the way you did it with your classmates’

3. SELF-REVELATION

FEATURES:

-   simultaneous to the cognitive task

-    actual strategies

EXAMPLE:

- a schoolboy is multiplying two figures and at the same time he is explaining
the way he does it to his classmates

ACTIVITY: In the next session you are going to choose a movie with a specific learning purpose in mind
and for 15 minutes you are going to talk aloud about what you are thinking while watching it. (you will also
need a audiorecorder to record your voice).

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