Additional file 1: Summary writing research questionnaire
Dear students:
We are doing a language testing research. Could you please help us by completing this questionnaire? The following questions are about the summary writing test you have just taken stating the various operations engaged. Please tick the option that most suits your situation. There is no right or wrong answer. All the information you submitted shall be taken as confidential and only used to serve the purpose of this research!
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About reading strategy use
While reading the text, how did you apply the following strategies? Please tick one option from 1-5 that most suits your situation. 1=never, 2=occasionally, 3=sometimes, 4=often, 5=always. There is no right or wrong answer.
No. / Description20 / Read instruction / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
21 / Read title / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
22 / Establish connections between propositions / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
23 / Identify and skip unknown word / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
24 / Identify problem in understanding / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
25 / Reflect on particular word/phrase/expression / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
26 / Infer word/phrase/sentence meaning / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
27 / Moderate understanding / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
28 / Compare related information within text / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
29 / Interpret content meaning with own words / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
30 / Affirm understanding / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
31 / Check inference / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
32 / Translate/process text content for understanding / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
33 / Recall word meaning / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
34 / Use linguistic knowledge to guess word/phrase meaning / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
35 / Refer to previous part / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
36 / Dis/confirm inference / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
37 / Reread for clarification / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
38 / Integrate what is already known with text idea / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
39 / Skip unknown phrase/portion / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
40 / Use context clues to interpret meaning / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
41 / Use context clues to predict meaning / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
42 / Use phonological cues / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
43 / Extrapolate based on understanding / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
44 / Note and analyze sentence structure / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
45 / Note and analyze text structure / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
46 / Identify and learn key words in text / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
About writing strategy use
While summarizing the text, how did you apply the following strategies? Please tick one option from 1-5 that most suits your situation. 1=never, 2=occasionally, 3=sometimes, 4=often, 5=always. There is no right or wrong answer.
No. / Description47 / Aware of task requirement and goal / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
48 / Identify topic sentence of paragraph / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
49 / Recall idea / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
50 / Reprocess information to clarify meaning / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
51 / Assess importance of idea for use in writing / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
52 / Work out main idea of paragraph / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
53 / Set organizational frame to meet own rhetorical needs / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
54 / Reorganize source pattern / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
55 / Compare own writing to source / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
56 / Edit for content / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
57 / Edit for language, including grammar, expression, vocabulary and punctuation / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
58 / Work out text thesis / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
59 / Identify problem in writing / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
60 / Integrate detail of what is read / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
61 / Lift sentence from source / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
62 / Manipulate information identified as important, such as delete unnecessary information or condense ideas / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
63 / Paraphrase selected portion / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
64 / Plan the process / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
65 / Plan content and language / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
66 / Recall word memory / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
67 / Recall grammatical rule / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
68 / Recall phrase or expression / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
69 / Reread portion for use in writing / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
70 / Reread title / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
71 / Scan text for information to use in writing / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
72 / Scan for specific word to use in writing / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
73 / Skim for gist / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
74 / Revise plan / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
75 / Use phonological cues / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
76 / Read own writing / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5