Sumario: | This research paper is about the effect of metacognitive strategies used to develop English writing skills of students of 9 th grade at Eddy Alonso National Institute in Sebaco city during the second semester of 2019. The purpose of this study is to analyze the metacognitive strategies that help students to improve writing skills. Writing is one of the main language skills which play a major role in expressing one´s ideas, thought, opinions, and attitudes, this skill is considered as the most difficult skill because it needs a huge vocabulary, a good grammar and good organization of ideas to master it so, this study will be of great knowledge for students who learn English as a foreign language since, it will contribute information about the metacognitive strategies which are mental procedures which include planning, monitoring and evaluating. These strategies are important tools that help students guide, regulate, and evaluate their own writing process in order to strengthen the weaknesses presented, not to use them impede students to develop their writing skills. The results of this study showed that most of the students did not use and were not aware of metacognitive strategies. The results also revealed that metacognitive strategies develop significantly students´ writing performance if these strategies are used appropriately
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