Metacognition, cognition and L2 reading : a study of Chinese university EFL readers' metacognitive knowledge and strategy deployment

• Main Author: Zhang, Lawrence Jun
• Other Authors: Hvitfeldt, Christina
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Language
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14047
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This thesis reports on an exploratory study of the metacognitive knowledge systems of mainland Chinese university EFL readers and their links to perceived and actual reading strategy use in relation to EFL proficiency and reading comprehension across academic major and gender. The study, which invol...