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Understanding Individual Differences in Metacognitive Strategy Use, Task Demand, and Performance in Integrated L2 Speaking Assessment Tasks

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FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
卷 13, 期 -, 页码 -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.876208

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individual differences in metacognitive strategy use; task demand; speaking performance; integrated L2 speaking assessment tasks; Kormos' Bilingual Speech Production Model

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  1. Philosophy and Social Science Foundation of Shanghai, China [2019BYY009]
  2. ETS (Educational Testing Service) based in the United States of America, via TOEFL small research grants for doctoral students in 2019

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This study investigates individual differences in the use of metacognitive strategies among Chinese EFL learners and examines its relationship with task demand and learner performance. The results show that Chinese EFL learners display variance in metacognitive strategy use, with problem-solving being the most frequently used strategy and monitoring being the least frequent. Additionally, metacognitive strategies interactively respond to task demands, but their use in individual and interactive modes has no relationship with speaking performance.
This study investigated the concept of individual differences (IDs) in the use of metacognitive strategies (planning, problem-solving, monitoring, and evaluating) and its relationship with task demand and learner performance within Kormos' Bilingual Speech Production Model from the lens of Chinese English-as-foreign-language (EFL) learners in the context of integrated L2 speaking assessment. To measure metacognitive strategies, we administered an inventory on 134 Chinese EFL learners after they completed four integrated L2 speaking assessment tasks. Descriptive analysis and multiple linear regression were adopted for data analysis, and results show that: (a) IDs displayed variance in Chinese EFL learners' metacognitive strategy use; (b) among the four metacognitive strategies under investigation, problem-solving was reported to be used the most frequently in sharp contrast to monitoring, which had the lowest frequency; (c) metacognitive strategies worked interactively, responding to task demands involved in the four integrated L2 speaking assessment tasks; and (d) Chinese EFL learners' use of metacognitive strategies, in individual and interactive working modes, had no relationship with their speaking performance. These results are expected to present some insights into the role of IDs in metacognitive strategy use during L2 speech production under assessment conditions, which will add robust evidence to the existing literature on L2 speaking, in particular on metacognitive strategy use in L2 speaking assessment. In the meantime, the findings will provide some empirical validation support for Kormos' model, which will further provide some implications for L2 speaking instruction and L2 assessment.

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