October 31, 2025 to November 2, 2025
National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター
Asia/Tokyo timezone

Metacognitive Instruction in a Japanese Junior High School

Nov 1, 2025, 12:45 PM
30m
National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

3-1 Yoyogikamizonocho, Shibuya, Tokyo 151-0052 / 〒151-0052 東京都渋谷区代々木神園町3-1
Practice-oriented Workshop (30-minutes) Pedagogy Room 410

Speaker

Kyoko Hamanaka (Keio University)

Description

This study investigated how metacognitive instruction affects students' metacognitive awareness. The instruction was implemented over four months through Japanese-English translation activities and conducted four questionnaire surveys. The results demonstrated an improvement in students' metacognitive awareness, showing the effectiveness of the instruction. Although metacognitive instruction is relatively uncommon in Japanese English education, this empirical study emphasizes the importance of metacognitive strategies in effective language learning.

Summary

This study investigated how metacognitive instruction affects students' metacognitive awareness. The instruction was implemented over four months through Japanese-English translation activities and conducted four questionnaire surveys. The results demonstrated an improvement in students' metacognitive awareness, showing the effectiveness of the instruction. Although metacognitive instruction is relatively uncommon in Japanese English education, this empirical study emphasizes the importance of metacognitive strategies in effective language learning.

Teaching Context Junior/senior high-school

Author

Kyoko Hamanaka (Keio University)

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