Share Paper: Online Second Language Reading – Metacognitive Strategies Used by Native Speakers of English

1. Tsan-Jui Cheng, Teachers College, Columbia University, United States

Abstract: The proposed project is aimed to investigate and present the results of how native speakers of English use metacognitive strategies when doing online reading in their second language. Previous research (Anderson, 2003; Coiro, 2007; Leu et al., 1982) has revealed that when learning in the online environment, because of the relatively higher level of autonomy and self-control that learners can appreciate than in the traditional classroom, students’ metacognitive skills play a more important role in determining their learning outcomes. Therefore, by identifying what metacognitive strategies that native speakers of English learning a second language would use in reading online materials, ...