THE ROLE OF META-COGNITION IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE USE

• Authors: Kalnberzina V.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper reviews the development of the meta-cognitive strategy and its function in communicative language use models. It also summarizes the findings of an empirical study on how frequently different language learners' groups use meta-cognitive strategies, and it discusses the relationship between the application of meta-cognitive strategies and the proficiency level of language use. A questionnaire was distributed among test-takers of the Year 12 examination in English in Latvia. The responses were processed using Excel and the Structural Equation Modelling programme EQS, which was used to test theoretical models against the empirical data.

Keywords

EN

COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE USE; LANGUAGE USE MODELS; META-COGNITIVE STRATEGY

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: EPC Ltd (Economic Prognosis Centre), Riga, Latvia (till March 2009 - Institute of Economics, Latvian Academy of Sciences, Ltd)
• Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences: Latvia
• Year: 2007
• Issue: 4(53)
• Pages: 90-103
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Kalnberzina V.

• V. Kalnberzina, University of Latvia, Faculty of Modern Languages, 4a Visvalza iela, Riga, LV-1050, Latvia

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08LVAAAA03807631