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Acknowledgements
Chapter Ⅰ Introduction
1.1 General introduction
1.2 Design of the thesis
Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review
2.1 Theoretical studies of metacognition
2.1.1 Cognition
2.1.2 Metacognition
2.1.3 Distinction between cognition and metacognition
2.2 Theoretical studies of metacognitive knowledge
2.2.1 Taxonomy of metacognitive knowledge
2.2.2 Characteristics of metacognitive knowledge
2.3 Metacognitive research and second language acquisition
2.3.1 Historical review of second language writing instruction
2.3.2 Previous studies on metacognition in second language writing
2.3.3 Absence of concern
Chapter Ⅲ Methodology
3.1 Research questions
3.2 Participants
3.3 Instruments
3.3.1 Questionnaire
3.3.2 English writing test
3.4 Data collection
3.5 Data analysis
Chapter Ⅳ Results and Discussion
4.1 Results of the distribution of English writing scores
4.2 Research Question 1
4.3 Research Question 2
4.4 Research Question 3
4.5 Problems arising from the research
Chapter Ⅴ Pedagogical Implications
5.1 Pedagogical implications
5.1.1 Promoting general metacognitive awareness
5.1.2 Promoting metacognitive knowledge in English writing
Chapter Ⅵ Conclusions
6.1 Conclusions drawn from the study
6.2 Limitations of the study and suggestions for further research
Bibliography
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