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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