Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 Background of Research 1

1.2 Purpose of Research 1

1.3 Significance of Research 1

1.4 Outline of research 2

2. Literature Review 3

2.1 Metacognition 3

2.1.1 Metacognitive knowledge 3

2.1.2 Metacognitive strategies 4

2.2 Metacognitive strategies and reading comprehension 5

2.2.1 The correlation between metacognitive strategies and reading comprehension 5

2.2.2 Studies on metacognitive reading strategies 6

2.3 Metacognitive strategy training 7

2.3.1 Studies on metacognitive strategy training in reading 7

2.3.2 Strategy training models 7

2.4 Summary 8

3. Methodology 9

3.1 Research questions and method 9

3.2 Subjects 9

3.3 Instruments 10

3.3.1 Questionnaire survey 10

3.3.2 Pre-test and post-test 10

3.4 Research Design 11

3.4.1 Research procedure 11

3.4.2 A sample lesson plan 12

4. Analysis and discussion 16

4.1 Results and discussion about research question 1 16

4.2 Results and discussion about research question 2 17

4.3 Discussion 20

5. Conclusions 21

5.1 Major findings 21

5.2 Limitation 21

5.3 Suggestion for further study 22

References 23

Appendices 25

1. Introduction

1.1