Metacognition is a vital for students’ learning as
they are able to think and reflect on the way they think and learn. To develop
my students’ metacognition skills, I would ask them questions at the end of
each lesson and I have been doing this for two days.
I did a listening task with them today and I asked
them about the strategies they used while doing the worksheet. I was really
impressed by how fast they learn to think about learning and give concrete
reasons in just a few days. A girl told me that while she was reading the
questions, she would circle the key words. As a result, she was able to listen
for the specific information needed and did not miss any answers. Some students
also told me that the recording was too fast and there were no pauses (‘beep’
sound) so that they did not have time to write down the answers. Through
metacognition, not only can students monitor their learning by adopting the
most suitable strategies, but I can also adjust the listening worksheet and
recording to suit their levels and needs, e.g. MC questions instead of writing
sentences.
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