Essay On Metacognitive Strategies In English Language Learning

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Abstract Cognitive Science is one of the fields that has gained importance in today’s world. Metacognition, a theory that is developed in the late 1970s is a branch of cognitive science. It is proved that metacognition helps the learners learn better. Likewise when the teachers apply the metacognitive theories to the process of teaching then it facilitates the process of learning. Metacognition consists of metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive strategies. Every learner and the teacher are equipped with metacognitive knowledge but it is the use of Metacognitive strategies that create a difference in the learning process. This paper aims at probing the nuances of applying metacognitive strategies to the process of English language teaching. …show more content…

When a learner is exposed to a lecture or a teaching environment, they are bestowed with the knowledge about a particular concept. But this knowledge is not useful if they are not used in a particular situation. For instance, when a learner cannot write or speak in English after attending years of teaching sessions in English, then teaching has met with failure. This skill to apply the learned knowledge to a new environment is fostered by metacognitive strategies. Hence when a teacher teaches language learning by applying the metacognitive strategies, teaching process will be successful creating the required …show more content…

This has to be done without introducing the terms like metacognition or strategies. Because when more importance is given to the process the end would be forgotten. As the importance should always be given to the end product the strategies need not be taught explicitly. The questions can be based on the components of metacognitive strategies. The components of metacognitive strategies include, (i) information monitoring strategy, (ii) planning, (iii) monitoring, (iv) problem solving, (v) debugging

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