Gaining insights into the learners’ individual characteristics such as beliefs about language learning and their relationship with learning strategies is essential for planning effective language instruction. Thus, the present study investigated the relationship between beliefs about language learning and learning strategy use in Iranian high school students. This study also compared the correl...

The aim of the present study was to explore students’ learning-related cognitions prior to an in-class achievement test, with a focus on metacognitive strategy use. A sample of 70 students in grade 11 (58.6% female, Mage = 17.09 years) completed a series of structured, state-based measures over a two-week period via the experience sampling method until the day before a class test. Results illus...

The present study aimed at furthering the understanding of the potential effects of e-learner characteristics on e-learner satisfaction in an EFL context. Specifically, it examined the collective impact of computer anxiety, computer-mediated communication (CMC) apprehension, metacognitive self-regulation strategy use, mastery goal orientation, and performance goal orientation on EFL e-learner s...

In education, the functions of reading, among others, are to access knowledge, synthesize information, evaluate arguments, and learn new subjects. It is believed that successful readers employ various proper reading strategies comprehend a text. To examine use metacognitive in academic comprehension, this study investigates performance major twenty-five vocational Indonesian lecturers from inst...