A study on metacognitive strategy needs of Gülhane Military Medicine Academy students on reading medical texts

11 ABSTRACT This study aims to determine the metacognitive strategy needs of a group of Turkish medicine academy students in reading medical texts. The study is composed of six chapters. The first chapter offers a background to the study. The aim and scope of the study are given in this chapter along with the method and assumptions. The second chapter presents literature review. This chapter provides a brief history of reading skill and mentions strategies for reading comprehension. It then discusses the position of reading skill in learning a foreign language, and informs about reading models and reading strategies. Chapter three deals with the research methodology, whereas chapter four presents the data analysis and discussion of the results. Chapter five includes suggestions, pedagogical implications and a sample lesson plan. Chapter six, the conclusion, provides a brief summary of the study and the results.