Title Page
ABSTRACT
Contents
I. Introduction 11
II. Literature Review 20
2.1. Reading Strategies and Definitions 21
i. Effective Test-taking Strategies in IELTS Reading Test 23
ii. The role Semantic Analysis on the KMT 25
2.2. How Common KMT in Reading Comprehension? 28
2.3. Studies on the Confidence Appraisal 30
III. Methods 34
3.1. Study Rationalization 34
3.2. Research context 35
3.3. Student Participants 36
i. Instructor participants 38
3.3. Data collection 38
i. Instrument design 39
3.4. Data analysis 42
3.5. Calibration Analysis 44
3.6. Limitations of the study 46
3.7. Ethical considerations 46
i. Data storage 47
IV. Results 49
4.1. Question 1. 49
4.2. Question 2. 51
4.3. Question 3. 54
4.4. Question 4. 55
V. Discussion 63
5.1. Conclusion 68
5.2. Implications for IELTS Trainers 69
i. Implication for IELTS Test-takers 70
5.3. Suggestions for Future Research 72
VI. References 74
VII. Appendices 89
Appendix A. INFORMED CONSENT FORM 89
Appendix B. [제목없음] 94
Appendix C. [제목없음] 95
Appendix D. IELTS reading test 101
Table 1. Demographics of Participants 37
Table 2. Distribution of IELTS Scores 38
Table 3. The Confidence Rating Scales 42
Table 4. Cross Tabulation of KMT Use Frequency in Correct and Incorrect Answer Choice 50
Table 5. Correlation Results Between Appraisal Confidence and IELTS AR Test... 52
Table 6. Correlation Results Between Appraisal Confidence and IELTS AR Test... 54
Table 7. Descriptive Statistics of KMT Use in Correct Answers 55
Table 8. The Means and Standard Deviations Comparing KMT Frequency to... 56
Table 9. Tukey Post Hoc Comparison Test 58
Table 10. Descriptive Statistics of KMT Use in Incorrect Answers. 59
Table 11. The Means and Standard Deviations Comparing KMT Frequency to... 60
Table C1. Bax's (2013) Levels of Cognitive Processing in Reading Tests (modified... 95
Table C2. The Step Analysis Complete the IELTS AR Task 96
Table C3. The Relation of KMT and Appraisal Confidence Rate with IELTS AR Test Performance 97
Table C4. Descriptive Statistics of Test-Takers' IELTS an Official Band Score and... 99
Table C6. The Correlation Test-Takers' IELTS Official Score and IELTS AR Score. 100
Figure 1. Self-Regulation Model 32
Figure 2. The Calibration of Appraisal Confidence and IELTS Reading Score 53