The present study sought the differences between more and less proficient EFL (English as a Foreign Language) writers regarding their metacognitive awareness of writing (MAW). We also examined the relationship between MAW and EFL writing success. We used a validated MAW questionnaire for a comprehensive evaluation of the writers’ metacognitive awareness. The results demonstrated that skillful EFL writers benefit from higher metacognitive awareness. Furthermore, we found that metacognitive awareness (and its sub-categories) is positively correlated with writing proficiency, except for avoidance strategy which showed a negative correlation. The mixed design of this study which is a part of a larger project would help researchers to gain new insights into the role of metacognitive awareness in EFL writing success.

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熟练和不熟练的EFL作家的元认知意识

本研究寻求精通的EFL（英语作为外语）作家之间在写作的元认知意识（MAW）方面的差异。我们还研究了MAW和EFL写作成功之间的关系。我们使用经过验证的MAW问卷对作者的元认知意识进行了全面评估。结果表明，熟练的EFL作家将从更高的元认知意识中受益。此外，我们发现元认知意识（及其子类别）与写作能力呈正相关，除了回避策略呈负相关外。这项研究的混合设计是一个较大项目的一部分，它将有助于研究人员获得新的见解，了解元认知意识在EFL写作成功中的作用。