A questionnaire-based validation of metacognitive strategies in writing and their predictive effects on the writing performance of English as foreign language student writers

Frontiers in Psychology

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Chenghai Qin¹  Ruru Zhang¹  Yanling Xiao¹ 

[1] College of Foreign Languages, Hainan University

关键词: metacognitive knowledge;    Writing;    metacognitive awareness;    Metacognitive regulation;    Self-regulation;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1071907

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

This study—drawing upon data from a questionnaire—examined 503 Chinese university students’ metacognitive strategies in writing (MSW). The focus was on Chinese student writers who are learning English as a foreign language (EFL). The examination was conducted through a survey on MSW and a writing test administered at the end of the semester. The findings based on confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) provided validity to MSW, including person, task, strategies, planning, monitoring, and evaluating. The different components of MSW were reported to significantly affect the participants’ writing performance. The findings highlight that EFL student writers were aware of metacognitive writing strategies. The MSW survey could be used to assess EFL students’ metacognitive writing strategies and develop curricula in writing strategy training. Writing instruction can direct learners’ ability to acquire metacognitive writing strategies, particularly those of planning, monitoring, and evaluating, to build their awareness as agents in EFL writing. Relevant pedagogical implications are discussed.

【 授权许可】

CC BY