Although the concept of metacognition has received considerable attention for its impact on learning across disciplinary areas, it has not been sufficiently discussed in the context of L2 academic reading and writing. In this paper, we bring together two theoretical frameworks, genre analysis and metacognition theory, and discuss the concept of metacognitive genre awareness. Drawing on the anal...

This experimental research investigates the impact of teaching metacognitive reading strategies on comprehension engineering students in English for Science and Technology(EST) context. is first empirical study its kind Libyan as a Foreign Language (EFL/EST) The utilizes Survey Reading Strategies (SORS) achievement test extracted from ‘Oxford Computing’ by Boechner Brown (instruction manual). t...