Portraying Teacher’s Metacognitive Knowledge to Promote EFL Young Leaners’ Critical Thinking in Indonesia

Riwayatiningsih, Rika and Setyarini, Sri and Putra, Rahmat Agung Azmi (2021) Portraying Teacher’s Metacognitive Knowledge to Promote EFL Young Leaners’ Critical Thinking in Indonesia. IJoLE: International Journal of Language Education, 5 (1). pp. 552-568. ISSN 2548-8465

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Abstract

Teaching English as a foreign language to young learners in Indonesia requires specific strategies because young learners have different characteristics compared to adults. It demands English teachers to have sufficient metacognitive knowledge to promote students’ critical thinking skills. Therefore, this research paper presents findings on teacher’s metacognitive knowledge to promote EFL young learners critical thinking. A case study was employed involving one class of fifth-grade students with one English teacher and three instruments to collect data, namely classroom observation, interview, and document analysis. The data analysis was done by referring to the theory of metacognitive knowledge and stages in promoting critical thinking in EFL classroom. The findings reveal that the teacher performed three types of metacognitive knowledge, such as person, task, and strategic knowledge. These types of knowledge determined teacher’s strategy in running the class. It was indicated from the teacher’s statement showing that metacognitive knowledge guide herself through what, why, and how to implement learning strategies and predict outcomes by considering students’ needs and characteristics. Consequently, the students were able to analyze, evaluate, compare, contrast, and construct new information from their previous knowledge and experience.

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