Metacognitive Strategy Awareness and Reading Comprehension of Prospective Pre- Service Secondary Teachers

Reading is done to extend one’s knowledge, to enrich one’s experience and to develop desirable attitudes, habits, skills, and interests in reading. It is the most useful means for learning among students. Employing Metacognitive strategies enable students to comprehend easier and read faster. This research aims to draw the relationship between the awareness on metacognitive strategies and reading comprehension levels of prospective pre-service secondary teachers. Results revealed the respondents’ reading comprehension level had a significant relationship towards Metacognitive strategies they apply in understanding text in English that is, those who apply effective strategies in reading had higher comprehension level in reading. It is recommended that the teachers should teach and emphasize the advantages of applying Metacognitive strategies in reading. Thus, students’ reading comprehension level will be enhanced.

Keywords –Metacognitive strategy awareness, reading comprehension, prospective pre-service secondary teachers