Influences of Metacognitive Strategies on English Reading:A Study of English Majors in China

• 来源期刊: 海外英语(中旬刊)
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: Metacognitive strategies English Majors English reading positive effect
• 年，卷（期）: 2011,（11）
• 所属期刊栏目: 外语教育
• 页码范围: 109-110
• 分类号: H319
• 语种: 中文

摘要

This study aims to find if,and to what extent,Chinese students'metacognitive strategy use associates with their reading ability in English.Sixty -four sophomore English majors participated in the study.The quantitative analyses of the data generated the following major findings:Of the five metacognitive strategy categories,the selective attention strategy category is most favored by the students,and the evaluating strategy category is least favored by them.Metacognitive strategies have meaningfully positive effect on English reading.