Metacognition in Language Teaching and Research: A Conversation With Professor Lawrence Jun Zhang

Abstract

Professor Lawrence Jun Zhang is a leading scholar in the field of language education, especially in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL), who has published extensively on metacognition in leading international journals such as Applied Linguistics, TESOL Quarterly, Metacognition and Learning, British Journal of Educational Psychology, Journal of Second Language Writing, Language Awareness, System, Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Frontiers in Psychology, Sustainability, Reading and Writing and Current Psychology, among others. He was the sole recipient of the TESOL Award for Distinguished Research 2010–2011 from the TESOL International Association. In 2016, he was awarded ‘50@50’ by the TESOL International Association (USA), which acknowledged ‘50 Outstanding Leaders’ around the globe in the profession of TESOL when the Association celebrated its 50th anniversary.