Speaking and Good Language Teachers

Developing Young Learners’ Metacognitive Awareness for Speaking

“…The teachers equipped their students to plan for speaking and identify ways of communicating clearly. Sabnani and Goh (2020) extol the benefits of engaging young learners in critical reflections to help them take stock of their knowledge and skills. For example, by considering how they can tap favourable prior experiences and adapt approaches that had worked well before to convey messages coherently.…”