Facilitating vocabulary learning through metacognitive strategy training and learning journals

dc.contributor.authorTrujillo Becerra, Carmen Luzspa
dc.contributor.authorAlvarez Ayure, Claudia Patriciaspa
dc.contributor.authorZamudio Ordoñez, Mirtha Nohemíspa
dc.contributor.authorMorales Bohórquez, Gloriaspa
dc.date2015-10-23
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-19T21:23:47Z
dc.date.available2019-09-19T21:23:47Z
dc.descriptionThis paper reports on a mixed- method action research study carried out with participants from three public high schools in different regions in Colombia: Bogotá, Orito and Tocaima.  The overall aim of this study was to analyze whether training in the use of metacognitive strategies (MS) through learning journals could improve the participants’ vocabulary learning. The data, collected mainly through students’ learning journals, teachers’ field notes, questionnaires and mind maps, was analyzed following the principles of grounded theory. The results suggested that the training helped participants to develop metacognitive awareness of their vocabulary learning process and their lexical competence regarding daily routines.  Participants also displayed some improvements in critical thinking and self-directed attitudes that could likewise benefit their vocabulary learning. Finally, the study proposes that training in metacognitive and vocabulary strategies should be implemented in language classrooms to promote a higher degree of student control over learning and to facilitate the transference of these strategies to other areas of knowledge.en-US
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dc.identifierhttps://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/8744
dc.identifier10.14483/udistrital.jour.calj.2015.2.a05
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11349/18154
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldasen-US
dc.relationhttps://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/8744/10717
dc.relationhttps://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/calj/article/view/8744/11050
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2015 Colombian Applied Linguistics Journalen-US
dc.sourceColombian appl. linguist. J.; Vol 17, No 2 (2015) July-December; 246-259es-ES
dc.sourceColombian Applied Linguistics Journal; Vol 17, No 2 (2015) July-December; 246-259en-US
dc.source2248-7085
dc.source0123-4641
dc.titleFacilitating vocabulary learning through metacognitive strategy training and learning journalsen-US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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dc.typeArtículo revisado por pareses-ES
dc.typePeer-reviewes Articleen-US
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