英文写作成功者与不成功者的元认知知识对比研究——一项针对中国英语专业大学生的实证调查

A comparison of metacognitive knowledge between successful and unsuccessful EFL writers

写作者的元认知知识在复杂的写作认知活动中起着重要的作用,不同水平的写作者具有不同的元认知知识。通过实证调查对比研究中国英语专业大学生中英文成功写作者与不成功写作者在元认知知识方面的异同点,并与现存的相关发现作一比较,以期为写作教学提供有益启示。

Metacognitive knowledge plays an important role in the complex cognitive activity of English writing, and different writers possess different metacognitive knowledge. This paper, by means of an empirical research, aims at comparing successful writers and unsuccessful writers of English majors in their metacognitive knowledge in the Chinese context. Some pedagogical implications are offered on the basis of the findings, which are also compared with the extant studies.