Metacognitive Tasks as Critical Thinking with L2 Writing Assignments
When presenting L2 learners with writing assignments and tests, it is important to assist them in more than just learning syntax and lexical items. Learners might not necessarily internalize teacher feedback and correction when they review completed assignments. As an opportunity to enhance learning in L2 classrooms, metacognition, and by extension metacognitive activities, focus learners’ attention on how and what they thought and felt while they were working on their assignments post-task. Metacognition (i.e., thinking about thinking) provides learners with critical thinking skills that directly relate to their ability to complete and improve their L2 writing. This presentation briefly examines what metacognition is and offers framework that might be implemented in L2 writing classes. Furthermore, it offers a list of references for teachers and researchers.
Author Bio
Wayne Devitte is a junior associate professor at Tokai university. Though he specialized in sociolinguistics during his master’s degree at Sophia University in Tokyo, specifically in Language Management Theory, as a teacher, he is interested in understanding how to improve learners second language acquisition and as such has interest in critical thinking and metacognition.
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