Metacognitive literacy for L2 listening comprehension - Pedagogical underpinnings for Spanish as a Foreign Language (ELE)

Abstract

Metacognition has evolved into a complex, multidisciplinary concept linked in instructed learning to problem solving, decision making and critical thinking. In analyzing the construct’s models and components, it is possible to tell metacognition apart from other closely related constructs such as cognition, self-regulation, self-awareness and autonomy/self-efficacy as we seek to understand how metacognitive strategies are viewed, assessed and enhanced to develop L2 listening. For such an endeavor, we review literature in psychology, cognitive sciences, learning sciences as well as educational neuroscience. Finally, we offer methodological suggestions for metacognitive literacy in listening for Spanish as a foreign language –ELE.