Learner’s Awareness of Metacognitive Strategies in Listening: A Case of English Majors at a University in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam

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نویسندگان
1 Lecturer, Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam
2 Dean, Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam
3 Undergraduate Students, Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam
چکیده
While cognitive and social-affective strategies have straightforward impacts on learners’ academic performance attached to specific tasks in a communicative and student-centered language classroom, metacognitive strategies, with their vigorous power, are arguably worth more attention. This group of strategies plays a vital role in making students become more self-directed and autonomous learners. This paper reported on a study investigating Vietnamese university students’ perception of using metacognitive strategies in their listening activities. Specifically, 140 English majors at the foreign language department of a university in Vietnam were involved in the study. Based on quantitative data from a questionnaire slightly adapted from Vandergrift et al. (2006), it was found that students in the study generally had a relatively high awareness of metacognitive strategies, with varying levels across the five subcategories of specific strategies. In addition, a comparison between the two groups (first-year and third-year students) showed minor differences regarding their listening strategy awareness. The findings suggested that metacognitive strategies should be encouraged, and listening strategies should be instructed early in English education programs.

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