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Metacognitive is a term used in information-processing theory to indicate a “executive” function,strategies that involve planning for learning,thinking about the learning process as it is taking place,monitoring of one’s production or comprehension,and evaluating learning after an activity is completed. Cognitive strategies are more limited to specific learning tasks and involve more direct manipulation of the learning material itself.

Golden Grammar Rules  By Michael Swan
1. Don’t use an with own.
Sue needs her own room. (NOT Sue needs an own room.)
I’d like a phone line of my own. (NOT … an own phone line.)
For more details, see Practical English Usage 3rd Edition section 405.
2. Use or rather to correct yourself.
She’s German – or rather, Austrian. [...]

Like Suggestopedia,the Silent Way rested on more cognitive than affective arguments for its theoretical sustenance.While Caleb Gattegno,its founder,was said to be interested in a “humanistic” approach ( Chamot & McKeon 1984 : 2 ) to education,much of the Silent Way was characterized by a problem-solving approach to learning.Richards and Rodgers ( 1986:99) summarized the theory [...]

There are basically two ways in which a learner can achieve understanding of  a rule: the deductive (rule-driven) path and the inductive (rule-discovery) path.In the former,the grammar rule is presented and the learner engages with it through the study and manipulation of examples.In an inductive approach on the other hand,without having met the rule,the learner [...]