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Overwhelming and linking with already known material
a Centering
Paying attention your learning
Delaying speech production to focus in listening
Finding out about language learning
Organizing Setting goals and objectives
b Arranging and
Planning Identifying the purpose of
language task Planning
for a
language task
Seeking practice
opportunities
Self-monitoring c
Evaluating your learning
Self-evaluating
Figure 1: Diagram of Metaconitive Strategies
2.1.2 Writing
Some definitions of writing are presented by some experts. Some experts say that writing is a means of communication. Zimmerman and Rodrigues say that
writing is much more than letters put together in meaningful patterns. It is a way of thinking, a way of learning, a way of sharing ideas with others, 1992: 4. This
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theory is supported by William James’s ideas about way of thinking in the writing process. He says that writing is just stream of thought Irmscher, 1969:22. He
says that in the writing thought flows like a stream. He objects the image of thought chopped into segments.
According to Hornby 1995: 1382, to write means to compose something in written form, to put information on a sheet of paper or in the appropriate places
on a form. Then the definition of writing according to Sokolik in Nunan’s book 2003: 88; writing is both physical and mental act of inventing ideas, thinking
about how to express them, and organizing them into statements and paragraphs that will be clear to a reader. One is committing words or ideas then expressing
them in a written form. It means that in writing one has process and also the product. The process happens when heshe is thinking about ideas and the way
how heshe can express them, while the product of it is the writing itself. Additionally, Zimmerman and Rodrigues 1992: 5-6 say that writing is a
social activity. It means that writing is related to other people. Other people in this case are called as the reader of the writing. Through the writing product, the writer
wants to give a message to the reader. Besides, writing can used to solve problems, to work together on tasks, and to challenge one another’s ideas.
Zimmerman and Rodrigues 1992: 5-6 also say that the writer develops and shapes hisher ideas and views through social interactions. Usually, most
diary entries are written as a result of an individual’s reaction to social events. Every people are facing others everyday. They meet others in their life and
