英语专业学生元认知策略研究_英语论文

A Study of Meta-cognitive Strategies Used by English Majors

摘要

元认知策略是指学生对学习过程进行计划、管理和评估的学习策略，对提高学生的学习成绩有着显著的效果。本文对90名英语专业学生（其中包括男生35名，女生55名）使用元认知策略的情况进行调查，结果表明：（1）现阶段，大学英语专业的学生在外语学习中不经常使用元认知策略；（2）自我计划，自我监控和自我评价这三项元认知策略与学习成绩显著相关；（3）高分学习者与低分学习者在使用计划、自我监控和自我评价策略方面有差异。

关键词：元认知策略；英语专业学生；英语学习；差异

Abstract  

Meta-cognitive strategies refer to the learning strategies for students to plan, manage and evaluate the learning process, which has a significant effect on improving the students’ academic performance. In this paper, 90 English majors (including35 males, 55females) are investigated using meta-cognitive strategies. The results show that (1) At present, meta-cognitive strategies are not used very frequently during the process of learning for English majors; (2) Self-planning, self-monitoring and self-evaluation have close relation with the scores of final English tests; (3) The difference between high and low achievers in the usage of meta cognitive strategies of planning, self-monitoring and self-evaluation is obvious.

Keywords: metacognition;  English majors; English learners ；difference

Contents

Introduction 1

1.Research Background 1

 1.1 Purposes of the Research 2

 1.2 Significance of the Research 2

 1.3 Orgnization of the thesis 2

2. Literature Review 3

  2.1 metacognition 3

  2.2 metacognitive strategies 4

  2.3 Role of meta-cognitive in students study 5

  2.4 Meta-cognitive strategies in students study improvement 5

3. Research Design 5

  3.1 Subjects 6

  3.2 Instruments 6

   3.2.1 Questionnaires 7

   3.2.2 Interview 7

   3.2.3 Classroom Observation 8

4. Results and Discussions 8

  4.1 The frequency of Meta cognitive Strategies Used by English Majors 8

  4.2 The correlation analysis of meta-cognitive strategy and performance in class 9

  4.3 The difference between high achievers and low achievers 11

5. Conclusion 12

 5.1 Major findings 12

 5.2 Research limitations 13

 5.3 Recommendations for Further Research 14

References 15

Appendix 17