A Methodological Model for Developing Self-Monitoring and Self-Assessment Skills in Writing in a Foreign Language

Abstract

The article presents a methodological model for developing skills of self-monitoring and self-assessment developed by the author. It is based on theoretical premises concerning metacognitive strategies for learning and speaking a foreign language and error analysis of the learners’ interlanguage. The author also reports a pedagogical experiment to test the proposed methodology. The model includes the chain instructions – action – result. The data reveal a significant increase of the level of self-monitoring and assessment.