Republic of the Philippines

DON HONORIO VENTURA STATE UNIVERSITY

Bacolor, Pampanga

GRADUATE SCHOOL
EXECUTIVE BRIEF FOR THE DISSERTATION/ THESIS TITLE PROPOSAL

Proponent Angelica M. Mercado

Program Master of Arts in Education – Major in English

Students’ Language Metafunctions in Planting the

Proposed Topic/ Title
Seeds of Metacognition

Motivation of the Researcher

Research Gap

With this study, the researcher aims at identifying

the role of language metafunctions in developing the
metacognitive abilities of students. Specifically, she
aims to answer the following questions:
1. How may the student participants’ language
metafunctions be described in terms of:
1.1 Ideational;
1.2 Interpersonal; and
1.3 Textual?
2. How may the student participants’ metacognition
be described based on:
2.1 knowledge about cognition
Statement of the Problem
2.1.1 Content knowledge;
2.1.2 Task knowledge; and
2.1.3 Strategic knowledge?
2.2 regulation of cognition
2.2.1 Planning;
2.2.2 Monitoring; and
2.2.3 Evaluating?
3. Is there a significant relationship between the
student participants’ language metafunctions and
their metacognitive strategies?
4. What pedagogical implications may be drawn
from the findings of this study?

Research Design
Respondents/ Participants