J 2022

Enhancing Students’ Metacognition in Legal English Classes

BILOVÁ, Štěpánka

Basic information

Original name

Enhancing Students’ Metacognition in Legal English Classes

Authors

BILOVÁ, Štěpánka (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Białostockie Studia Prawnicze (BSP), Poland, - 2022, 1689-7404

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60202 Specific languages

Country of publisher

Poland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14640/22:00128691

Organization unit

Language Centre

DOI

Keywords in English

academic skills; legal English; metacognition in language learning

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 20/2/2023 22:35, Mgr. Štěpánka Dillingerová, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

In the last two decades, researchers have shown the importance of metacognition in language learning and teaching. This paper focuses on students’ metacognition in the course ‘English for Lawyers’ at Masaryk University and reports on the action research which was performed over the period of three years, 2019–2021. The objectives of the research were twofold: to identify how students perceive their learning in legal English lessons in which both the legal content and academic skills were practised, and then to find out whether implementing steps that raise their metacognition would help students become more efficient learners. By collecting data from reflective questionnaires given to students, the teacher analysed the teaching and learning situations and proposed changes, such as explaining the learning opportunities of the lessons and supporting the planning, monitoring, and evaluating of students’ learning, so that students could exploit the full potential of lessons and their learning abilities.