EFL Speakers' Metalinguistic Awareness of Written English
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Metalinguistic Awareness and Non , Native Speakers.Abstract
Metalinguistic awareness, also called metalinguistic knowledge, indicates the capacity that is consciously depended on the language itself. The notion of "metalinguistic awareness" is helpful in elaborating the transfer and execution of linguistic consciousness across languages. Metalinguistics deals with the branches of linguistics including morphology, semantics, pragmatics, phonology as well as syntax. The aims of the current study are finding out non-native speakers' metalinguistic awareness of written English. The method adapted in this study is a quantitative research type for collecting and analyzing. A sample of (10) learners who study English at the English department, College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Wasit is selected. It has been concluded that non-native speakers have some sort of the ability to identify most components of meta-linguistic awareness. Based on the findings, a number of suggestions and recommendations have been proposed for university instructors and learners in order to improve the non-native speakers' metalinguistic awareness and language skills.
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