Applying Metacognitive Strategies in Teaching Listening Comprehension to Advanced Program Students at Thai Nguyen University of Technology

International Journal of Humanities and Social Science

© 2018 by SSRG - IJHSS Journal

Volume 5 Issue 3

Year of Publication : 2018

Authors : Hoang Thi Tham

10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V5I3P102

How to Cite?

Hoang Thi Tham, "Applying Metacognitive Strategies in Teaching Listening Comprehension to Advanced Program Students at Thai Nguyen University of Technology," SSRG International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol. 5,  no. 3, pp. 4-9, 2018. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V5I3P102

Abstract:

The objective of the study is to find out whether teaching metacognitive strategies improves AP students listening comprehension. The participants were the students from two classes of the Advanced program at Thai Nguyen University of Technology in Vietnam. The metacognitive strategy training was applied to the experimental group within the whole fifteen-week semester. The application covered preparing and planning, selecting and using learning strategies, monitoring, orchestrating and evaluating. The post-test scores of the experimental group were significantly higher than those of the control group, which proves that metacognitive strategy training improves students’ listening performance. Some suggestions have been reported such as the necessity of raising teachers and students’ metacognitive awareness and teaching students how to use metacognitive strategies more effectively in listening.

Keywords:

 listening, metacognitive awareness, listening comprehension, listening strategies, metacognitive strategies.

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