Browsing by Author "Arteaga Seguel, Marcela Alejandra"
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Item EFL reading comprehension and metacognition: a quasi-experimental study of 11th-grade students in Biobio province.(Universidad de Concepción, 2025) Arteaga Seguel, Marcela Alejandra; Vinet Rivas, Camila Yamilet; Cisternas Leone, Ricardo AlfredoEnglish as a foreign language (EFL) in the Chilean educational context faces two interconnected challenges, which are a limited implementation of language learning strategies to foster learner autonomy and low reading comprehension performance. These gaps hinder students’ academic development and their ability to connect with and participate in a globalized environment. This quasi-experimental study aims to identify the effects of two metacognitive reading strategies (global reading strategies) on EFL reading comprehension among 11th-grade students from a public high school and a private school in Biobío province. Participants included two classes per school: one class per school assigned as the experimental group and the other as the control group. Each group completed the PET for Schools exam and MARSI-R questionnaire as pre- and post-tests, while only the experimental groups received explicit strategy instruction for six modules. Collected data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics via RStudio to account for potential within-group statistics differences. Results demonstrated that explicit instruction in Global Reading strategies led to improved English reading comprehension in the public school, while there was not significant XIV improvement in the private school. The study concludes that metacognitive instruction benefits learners differently.