Investigating the Relationship Among Metacognitive Awareness, Self-efficacy, and EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension Performance

Listening comprehension is difficult for foreign language learners, but, in recent years, an increasing number of studies assert that enhancing learners’ awareness listening metacognition and self-efficacy can help address this issue. Accordingly, research sought to 1) investigate the level metacognitive performing 2) examine association between EFL students’ performance, self-efficacy, awareness. The sample comprised 256 third-year English-major students. Students’ their were measured using English scale Metacognitive Awareness Questionnaire (MALQ), respectively. Data analyzed descriptive statistics Pearson correlation coefficient. findings indicated students possessed a modest A strong positive relationship was observed MALQ scores ability. also discovered be associated with students' proficiency. Additionally, results significant metacognition. Overall, suggest teaching should place greater emphasis on improve skills.