University of Tabriz Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning 2251-7995 13 28 2021 11 22 Investigating the Employment of Metacognitive Strategies in Listening Comprehension among Non-Iranian Language Learners 261 277 14013 10.22034/elt.2021.48515.2455 EN Amirreza Vakilifard Department of Persian Language Teaching, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran. Ahmad Abedini Department of Persian Language Teaching, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran. Journal Article 2021 10 19 Applying metacognitive strategies leads to better listening comprehension and optimal use of learners’ other cognitive skills. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the metacognitive strategies that non-Iranian Persian learners employ to comprehend oral texts and whether gender and mother tongue have any effect on it. This research is a field study in which after calculating the item reliability of the questionnaire, data were collected quantitatively through Metacognitive Awareness Listening Questionnaire (MALQ) developed by Vandergrift, Mareschal, and Tafaghodtari (2006). One hundred nineteen adult Persian learners from eight countries participated in this study. Data analysis indicated that non-Iranian Persian learners use problem-solving, direct attention, planning-evaluation, personal knowledge, and mental translation strategies respectively. Furthermore, the findings showed that male Persian learners employ metacognitive strategies more than female learners, even though this difference was not very significant, and that mother tongue has no effect on the use of these strategies. Research findings will help Persian language teachers to take into consideration each group of learners’ preferences and extent of their use, as well as variables such as gender and nationality. https://elt.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_14013_a38cb82b3a0c273fd1e72d1eb17404df.pdf