期刊名称：International Journal of English and Education
印刷版ISSN：2278-4012
出版年度：2013
卷号：2
期号：1
出版社：Brahmaputra Publishing House
摘要：In Tamilnadu, there are more than 550 engineering colleges. Thegovernment provides MBC / SC / ST quotas, first graduate scholarships, beediemployees scholarships, etc. which act as excellent avenues for the rural students tostudy engineering. Along with the students from urban or advantaged positions in thesociety, rural students with disadvantaged backgrounds also get opportunities tolearn engineering and technology. Recently, the government cancels the entranceexam and reduces the cut-off marks to increase the in-take in engineering colleges.This causes crisis in the language classrooms as the teachers have to teach mixedabilitystudents in engineering colleges. Some students are proficient in Englishwhile many are below the beginner level. Hours allotted for language education isvery less. Students are least bothered about learning the language. They concentrateonly upon getting pass marks in the exams. This study is conducted to find outwhether metacognitive strategies can be taught in language classrooms to makeengineering students know about knowing and help them become effective languagelearners.
