Abstract

HERNANDEZ WILSON, Jaqueline  and  IZQUIERDO, Jesús. Metacognition and L2 Listening: Observation of University-level Teaching Practices. REDIE [online]. 2016, vol.18, n.1, pp.39-52. ISSN 1607-4041.

Theoretical and empirical research offers support for explicit instruction on metacognition and cognitive strategies as an effective way to improve L2 listening skills. This study is aimed at identifying whether both metacognition and cognitive strategies are worked on in a university-level French class on a daily basis. A second-year French-class teacher and his students (n=26) were observed during five listening-based sessions over a semester. Quantitative data was collected with regard to six dimensions of explicit metacognitive instruction of listening skills, using a teacher self-evaluation questionnaire, a student questionnaire and a structured observation. The results reveal implicit cognitive work during the pre-, while- and post-listening teaching stages. Nonetheless, strategy assessment, and the explicit teaching of metacognitive strategies for planning, monitoring, controlling and problem identifying, both remain controversial.

Keywords : Language learning; French as a second language; oral comprehension; learning strategies; metacognition.

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