Abstract: In foreign language teaching, learning strategy is a prerequisite for students to enhance learning efficacy and develop self-learning ability. With the rise and development of training language strategy, people’s attention for the training of English listening is also increasing. Metacognitive strategy is a higher-level learning strategy. It proves suitable for any kind of learning task. It is being regarded highly in listening. To start with, this thesis introduces the background and significance. It briefly introduces the definition, content and their relationship. Then analyses English listening teaching in senior middle schools. In the end, this thesis probes into the effective application of metacognitive strategy in teaching listening comprehension for middle schools during the steps of pre-listening, listening and post-listening. Moreover, it attempts to improve middle school students’ listening comprehension ability by using metacognitive strategy.

Key words: metacognitive strategy; senior middle school; English listening instruction

摘要：在外语教学中，学习策略是学生提高学习效率、发展自主学习能力的先决条件。随着语言策略培训的兴起和发展，人们对于英语听力培训的关注也不断增加。元认知策略是一种学习策略，是适用于各种学习任务的一种策略。元认知策略在听力学习中的运用越来越受到重视。本文首先简要介绍研究的背景及意义。接着对元认知的含义、具体内容及其联系进行介绍。然后对高中英语听力教学进行分析。最后从听前、听中、听后三个阶段，探讨了元认知策略在高中英语听力教学中的运用，试图用元认知策略来指导高中英语听力教学从而提高学生的听力理解能力。

关键词：元认知策略；高中；英语听力教学