When I read about “metacognitive” teaching method in the book, I felf it is very high level teaching method. Diaz-Rico (2004) says it helps students plan what and how they want to learn; monitor, manage, and motivate while they are learning; and evaluate what they have learned and how they did so. Also she mentioned that metacognition is “the ability to think about your thinking-to make your thinking visible (STEL, 2004, p. 126). Metacognitive strategies are divided into three areas; Planning, monitoring, and evaluating.
Planning strategies help students learn how to organize themselves for a learning task.
For example, if students have group working task due in one week, they decide indivisual role for the first three days, draft and gather their works over the next two days, andn finally proofread their works. Throughout this, students learn how to plan the main comcepts, key ideas, and specific information that must be included (STEL, 2004, P. 127)
Monitoring strategies help students to check their comprehension in listening and reading, and their production while speaking and writing. Students can self-evaluate outcomes to judge how much they have learned, and this self-evaluation can be compared to the teacher’s assessment.
Performance evaluation strategies teach students how to assess their own performance on a task, using learning logs or other reflective tools to keep trck of their progress (STEL, 2004, P. 127).
Another part which attracts my attention mostly is about study skills and time management. Diaz-Rico (2004) says we do not need to “read everything carefully.” The important skill is to know what and what not to read carefully, and to allocate reading time accordingly. This is very important point to know as a English learners.
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