An Examination Into Self-Efficacy, Metacognition and Academic Performance of Pre-Service ELT Students: Prediction and Difference

Abstract

The aim of this study is of twofold: to examine in what degree the undergraduate ELT students' sense of self-efficacy and metacognitive awareness predict their academic performance, and to investigate the difference in self-efficacy beliefs and metacognitive awareness according to grades. The study cohorts a total of 143 students enrolled in English Language Teaching department. In the study two different instruments were used: Teachers' Sense of Self-Efficacy Scale (TSES) (apa, akrolu and Sarkaya, 2005) and Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI) The correlation analysis suggested relation between