The task that brought about this comment required the learner, an Open University student of German, to use a concept map to make a list of all the roles he played in everyday real life, including being an online language learner. The learner then had to imagine that each of these was a job he was applying for and had to write down the qualities he could bring to each job, bearing in mind that ...

Research in second language learning has identified the absence of metacognition among learners as one major problems contributing to students’ inability comprehend listening texts. Moreover, shift remote teaching due COVID-19 made it more crucial for teachers and adapt new modes learning. This accentuates need effective strategy instruction. study conducted at a university Oman, is unique two ...

although decisions or inferences we make based on test scores depend both on characteristics of test-takers and of testing sit- uations, there is just little research which has been undertaken on the effects of these characteristics on test performance (e.g., in’nami, 2006). the effect of listening strategies on listening performance is also unde- niable (vandergrift, 1997). thus, considering t...

Although the importance of listening metacognitive awareness in foreign language has been widely accepted, so far, there little research on its relationship with enjoyment (FLE) and performance. Since is an important input skill primary stage learning, this study examines relationships among awareness, FLE performance 331 Chinese senior high school students through Metacognitive Awareness Liste...

Listening comprehension is challenging for students because it more than just the direct extraction of meaning from sound. The literature reflects need to develop relevant strategies. Teachers typically try help structure their learning into three phases: before (pre-), during, and after (post-) listening, emphasizing different cognitive metacognitive processes. In this paper, role MALL (Mobile...

Predicting Test Anxiety Based on the Use of Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategies among Female High School Students G. Ahghar, Ph.D. The use of cognitive and metacognitive strategies can reduce test anxiety. To determine the extent to which this is done, a random sample of 610 female high school students was given two questionnaires on anxiety and learning/studying strategies. Da...

the purpose of this study was to probe the effect of metacognitive strategy instruction through dialogic interaction on the reading comprehension performance and metacognitive awareness of iranian efl learners. the data were collected through the survey of reading strategies (sors) and a reading test to examine changes in metacognitive awareness and reading performance before and after the inte...