ABSTRACT

Our objective with this study was to investigate students’ metacognitive awareness (MA) and its association with course grades in general upper secondary foreign languages, to foster reflective practices. A total of 267 foreign language students at Finnish schools answered an online survey, and the data were analysed quantitatively. Based on the results, the students’ levels of MA were high in foreign languages, students at urban schools had higher levels than students at rural schools, and students with high course grades had higher levels of MA. Knowledge of cognition and attitudes about the language predicted the course grade the most. The results indicate that more emphasis should be put on the enhancement of MA at rural schools and with low-achieving students, to enhance their reflective practices.

摘要

我们本研究的目的是调查学生的元认知意识 (MA) 及其与普通高中外语课程成绩的关联，以促进反思实践。芬兰学校共有 267 名外语学生回答了在线调查，并对数据进行了定量分析。结果表明，学生的外语文学硕士水平较高，城市学校学生的文学硕士水平高于农村学校的学生，课程成绩高的学生文学硕士水平较高。对语言的认知和态度的知识最能预测课程成绩。结果表明，应更加重视加强农村学校和低学业学生的硕士学位，以加强他们的反思实践。