Towards a Reflective Language Learner: Enhancing Planning for Learning among Foreign Language Learners

Abstract

The present study is concerned with the importance of foreign language learner’s reflectivity. It aims at crystallizing the effective role of metacognition in organizing, simplifying, and enhancing learning. with the intent of investigating teachers’ and learners’ awareness of the importance of reflective learning, the extent to which they practise it, and the way this impacts on their learning. Two research tools have been used in the present empirical study: a questionnaire as been administered to 80 students and an interview has been conducted with 6 teachers, It has been found out that considerate and reflective learning improves learning, eases it, optimizes it, and perpetuates it