| In 2004, the new College English Curriculum Requirements was carried out by Chinese Ministry of Education. According to the Requirements, the objective of College English is to develop students'ability to use English in an all-round way, so that in their future work and social interactions they will be able to exchange information effectively through both spoken and written channels. Therefore, English writing becomes an important part of College English teaching. This dissertation reports a tentative study on the application of metacognition in the teaching of College English writing so as to improve students'English writing performance.The paper includes 6 chapters.Chapter one is introduction. In this part, the current situation of College English teaching of writing and the significance of this paper are presented.Chapter Two is the theoretical background. Flavell defined metacognition as one's knowledge concerning one's own cognitive processes and products or anything related to them. Metacognition is composed of two parts: metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive strategies. In foreign language learning, the study of metacognition was focused on metacognitive strategies.Chapter Three further discussed metacognition in EFL writing. Metacognitive knowledge in writing includes person knowledge, task knowledge and strategy knowledge. Person knowledge refers to the beliefs one has about oneself and others as language learners as well as of factors influencing one's writing. Task knowledge refers to the beliefs that learners develop about the knowledge, skill and resources needed for understanding... |
