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Enhancing Reading Comprehension via Metacognitive Strategy Instruction in a Chinese EFL Classroom

Table 3: Six Recursive Stages

Orientation Stage A series of set induction and quick glance activities were to activate the participants’ background knowledge and to remove dyslexia respectively.
Input Stage Selected strategies and skills are demonstrated and modeled explicitly and interactively with detailed explanation of what the strategy is and how to implement the strategy, along with rational for why to choose it.
Guided Practice Stage Suggested collaborative practice to work on assigned reading tasks with assistance of instructors’ scaffolding.
Independent Practice Stage It was to consolidate the strategy use by students’ finishing reading tasks individually.
Evaluation Stage Learners were led to evaluate their application of the designated strategies and the usefulness of each in enhancing comprehension and developing skills through some activities such as lecture wrap-ups and KWL charts.
Expansion Stage Learner were assinged extracurriculum activities to practice learned strategies and skills.
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